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Name
Year
Occupation
Miss Ella White
1892
Miss Elsie White
1892
Miss Nellie Coolidge
1893
Mrs. George A. Merchant ..
Miss Anna O'Brien
1893
Private nurse
Miss Anna Kimball
1894
Public health nurse
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 J. Jackson.
1896
Miss D. Viola Harrington
1897
Miss Annie Manning
1897
Miss Emma Lewis
1897
Miss Anna L. Stewart ..
1897
Miss Edith Wiley
1898
Mrs. Sheenan
So. Boston, Mass.
Miss Mary F. O'Brien
1898
Miss Catherine Carter
1899
Private nurse
342 W. 71st St., New York, N. Y.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Cambridge, Mass.
Miss Winifred Hernan
1899
Miss Estelle Robinson 1900
Private nurse
Mrs. Marietta Hatch
1900
At home
Miss Margaret Walker
1901
Miss Mildred Freeman ..
1901
Private nurse
Boston, Mass.
Miss Mary Kinney 1901
Private nurse
Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Barbara Patterson
1901
Private nurse
Residence
No. Attleboro, Mass.
39 Irving St., Malden, Mass. Farley, Mass.
62 Everett St., Springfield, Mass. 704 Duke St., Norfolk, Va.
Springfield, Mass. Springfield, Mass. California.
REPORT OF CITY HOSPITAL
211 Hollis Ave., Braintree, Mass. Scotland.
School nurse
Quincy, Mass.
147 Wash. St., Canton, Mass.
Boston, Mass. Philadelphia, Pa.
Private nurse
Private nurse
New York, N. Y.
Miss Helen Thompson
1899
Mrs. Duvinge
Miss Ida A. Simpson
1899
Stillman Infirmary
Weymouth, Mass. E. Friendship, Me.
Boston, Mass.
297
LIST OF GRADUATES OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL
Private nurse
Mrs. E. W. Harrington.
Mrs. Walter Loud.
At home
Mrs. E. I. Goddard.
Miss Nellie Bulyea 1902
Miss Anna Walker 1903
Miss Bessie Worrell 1903
Miss Jean Allen 1904
Miss Eva Blair
1904
Miss Helen E. Powers
1905
Mrs. Harry C. Simmons
Private nurse
Private nurse
Mrs. W. L. Hadley
Mrs. Rossing
Mrs. Samuel Smart ..
Miss Maude LeVatte
1907
Miss Mary E. Stearns.
1908
Miss Lillian Hart
1908
Mrs. J. P. Steele ..
Miss Susan Marshall
1908
Private nurse
Miss Anna Blair
1908
Private nurse
Miss Jeanette Falconer ...
1908
Private nurse
Miss Adeline Woodin
1909
Mrs. Ainley T. Croft.
Miss Mary L. Lindsay.
1910
Private nurse
Miss Margaret Carey
1910
Mrs. T. A. Keohane
Miss Bertha Morrill 1910
Mrs. Winnie
Miss Mary Bruce
1910
Married
Miss Edith L. Burkett ..
1910
Private nurse
Miss Barbara Le Vatte
1910
Mrs. Albert Jones
Miss Florence Mason
1910
Mrs. C. E. Cushman ..
Miss Jennie E. Russell
1911
Mrs. Edward Dunn ..
Miss Etta Y. Meyer
1911
Private nurse
Miss Alma B. Reed.
1912
Mrs. D. E. Mann
Miss Grace M. Wilson.
1912
Private nurse
Gagetown, N. B., Canada.
Hull, Mass. St. Stephen, N. B. Boston, Mass. 6 Second St., St. John, N. B. Boston, Mass. 6935 Sylvan Way, Seattle, Wash.
Deceased.
54 Beacon St., Somerville, Mass. Quincy, Mass. Seattle, Wash. Seattle, Wash.
13 Lewis St., Medford, Mass. Marlboro, Mass. 291 So. Marengo Ave., Pasa- dena, Cal.
CITY OF QUINCY
218 So. Curry St., Phoebus, Va. San Francisco, Cal. 229 Beal St., Wollaston, Mass. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Delray, Fla. 23 Chestnut St., Quincy, Mass. Quincy, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
298
Mrs. Carroll A. Cleverly.
Psychopathic Hospital
Miss Annabel Orr
1905
Miss Blanche H. Fairweather ..
1905 1906
Miss Maude McNeil
Miss Lottie Stumbles
1906
Miss Mary Ellison
1907
Miss Helen Young
1907
Mrs. Harley ..
Private nurse
Quincy, Mass. New York, N. Y. 4 Albert St., Dartmouth, N. S. 180 Brittain St., St. John, N. B. 234 Lakeview Ave., Cambridge, Mass.
...
Mrs. Wightman
List of Graduates of the Training School-Continued
Name
Year
Occupation
Residence
Miss Olive Marcille
1912
Private nurse
New York, N. Y.
Miss Sara M. McIntosh
1912
Private nurse
New York, N. Y.
Miss Mary Walsh
1912
Private nurse
New York, N. Y.
Miss Linda Hill
1912
Mrs. Hayes
Miss Marion Mills
1912
Mrs. Bossa
Miss Catherine Black
1912
Mrs. John B. Munn
Miss Ruth Banard
1913
Private nurse
Dorchester, Mass.
Miss Florence Hanscom
1914
Mrs. Gay
Jonesboro, Maine.
Miss Victoria Ljungquist
1914
Private nurse
Boston, Mass.
Miss Alice McGlue
1914
Private nurse
Roxbury, Mass.
Miss Hansnore Neilson
1914
Mrs. Benges
Roxbury, Mass.
Miss Martha Morrill
1915
Mrs. Howard A. Smith
Miss Christina M. Shand ..
1915
Mrs. H. White
Miss Leona M. Carder 1915
Miss Sigrid Swanson
1915
Private nurse
Seattle, Wash.
Miss Irene E. Corbett
1916
Mrs. Philip Hussey
Milton, Mass.
Miss Gertrude Flaherty
1916
Miss Barbara Cameron
1916
Married
Miss Margaret Twohig
1916
Miss Estelle Babcock 1916
Private nurse
Miss Viola Robertson
1916
Private nurse
Miss Alice M. Billings.
1917
U. S. Marine Hospital.
Miss Ruth Pinel
1917
Mrs. James E. Bewley.
Miss Valeria J. Vaszkis 1917
U. S. Marine Hospital.
St. Louis, Mo. 20 Woodstock Ave., Rutland, Vt. Malden, Mass.
REPORT OF CITY HOSPITAL
Fort Shafter, Honolulu, Hawaii. 21 Tremont St., Weymouth, Mass.
Mrs. John W. Anderson.
6 Westbourne St., E. Milton, Mass.
Deceased. Winchester, Mass.
California. Winchester, Mass. Chelsea, Mass. 10 Boscobel St. So. Braintree, Mass. Chelsea, Mass.
299
..
Miss Clara B. McCully.
1917
Private nurse
St. Michael's Mission
Miss Maggie Gray
1918
Private nurse
Miss Ruth F. Hinton.
1918
Mrs. Foy
Miss Evelyn E. Moriarty
1918
Mrs. F. Holt ..
Miss Gertrude T. Russell
1918
Private nurse
Miss Helen M. Seiders 1918
Miss Nettiedean Coombs
1918
Miss Agnes T. Black
1919
Miss Lillian A. Read.
1919
Miss Elizabeth E. Connors
1919
Miss Nettie H. Denton
1919
Miss Hazel Gordon
1919
Miss Agnes L. Richard.
1919 1920
Miss Sadie Amos
1920
Miss Lucy A. Williams. 1920
Miss Bertie B. Baxter
1920
Miss Alice C. Taylor 1920
Mrs. Joseph Barber
Miss Frances Collins 1920
Private nurse
Weymouth Hospital
Mrs. Helen M. Quimby
1920
Private nurse
Miss Helen Smith 1920
Private nurse
Miss Rose Bussing
1921
Mrs. Rose Macleod, Private nurse .....
Weymouth Hospital
Miss Pearl V. Buick ..
1921
Mrs. Pearl B. Nichols ..
Miss Louise Cameron
1921
Private nurse
165 Winchester St., Brookline, Mass. Ethete, Wyoming. 165 Winchester St., Brookline, Mass. Philadelphia, Pa. New Bedford, Mass. 136 President's Lane, Quincy, Mass. Melrose, Mass. 143 Billings St., Atlantic, Mass. Providence, R. I.
Quincy, Mass.
Chelsea, Mass.
Quincy, Mass.
New Perth, P. E. I. Providence, R. I.
Deceased. Quincy, Mass.
Bay St., Nantasket, Mass.
Amherst, N. S. Braintree, Mass. 51 Irving Place, Quincy, Mass. So. Weymouth, Mass. So. Braintree, Mass. Chelmsford Center, Mass.
Atlantic, Mass. So. Weymouth, Mass. 23 Middlesex St., Squantum, Mass. 169 Arlington St., Wollaston, Mass.
300
Private nurse
Mrs. Alexander
Child Welfare Nurse.
District Nurse
U. S. Naval Hospital ..
Child Welfare Nurse
Mrs. Charles McQuarrie
At home
Miss Sara Ross
Tuberculosis nurse Mrs. Arnold H. Lyon. Mrs. B. B. Barker, Supt. Highland View Hospital
CITY OF QUINCY
Miss Katherine M. MacKay 1920
Miss Pauletta Kristofferson. 1921
1917
Miss Sarah A. Cassell
List of Graduates of the Training School-Continued
Name
Year
Occupation
Residence
Miss Margaret F. Main .. 1921
Quincy City Hospital.
Quincy, Mass. Hull, Mass.
Miss Ellen L. Duggan.
1921
Public Health Nurse ..
Miss Gladys I. Irwin ..
1921
Mrs. Walter Imray, Quincy City Hosp.
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Bernice A. Hobson.
1921
Private nurse
White Plains, N. Y.
Miss Frances H. Sampson.
1921
Private nurse
Plymouth, Mass.
Miss Muriel Cameron
1922
District Nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Agnes M. Gustafson
1922
Mrs. Agnes G. Nutting.
144 Glendale Rd., Quincy, Mass.
Miss Agnes C. Johnson.
1922
Private nurse
Brockton, Mass.
Miss Lillian T. Coleman.
1922
Tuberculosis Division, Health Dept ..
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Jessie M. Nicholson
1922
Mt. Sinai Hospital.
New York, N. Y.
Miss Edna D. Tubman.
1922
Private nurse
585 Adams St., E. Milton, Mass.
Miss Madeline F. Roberts
1922
Private nurse
15 Crescent St., Quincy, Mass.
Miss Katherine Krasinski
1923
Night Supervisor, Quincy City Hosp. At home
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Ann M. Thompson ..
1923
Quincy City Hospital.
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Joanna A. MacHardy
1923
Providence City Hospital.
Providence, R. I.
Miss Mary E. Keeley.
1923
Quincy City Hospital.
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Lila C. Cairns ..
1924
Private nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Elizabeth Durant.
1924
Private nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Irene E. Esterbrooke
1924
Operating Supervisor, Bridgeport Hosp.
Bridgeport, Conn.
Miss Irene J. Macleod ..
1924
Head nurse, Quincy City Hospital.
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Marie MacPherson
1924
Private nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Margaret Miller
1924
Private nurse
Braintree, Mass.
Miss Eleanor B. Parsons
1924
Visiting nurse
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Janet R. Setchell.
1924
Head nurse, Quincy City Hospital.
Quincy, Mass.
Please report any change of address to the Superintendent before December 31st of each year.
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REPORT OF CITY HOSPITAL
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Grace W. Newcomb
1923
302
CITY OF QUINCY
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924
COL. GEORGE E. ADAMS, Chairman.
GEORGIANA C. LANE, Secretary.
CHARLES J. MCGILVRAY, Treasurer.
MRS. ELSIE B. BOWLES.
LUGENE J. HAYFORD.
EDWIN F. LIVINGSTON.
LIBRARIAN TRUMAN R. TEMPLE
STAFF
*ISABELLE KING, First Assistant.
+JEAN CAMERON, First Assistant. ELEANOR AKIN, General Assistant. MABEL S. BAXTER, Baxter Branch.
CHARLOTTE BARSTOW, General Assistant.
GERTRUDE CALLAHAN, General Assistant. 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.
JANITOR
DAVID J. ROACH
* Resigned in April. + Appointed in October.
303
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
REPORT OF TRUSTEES
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy:
The Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library submit here- with their fifty-fourth annual report.
The work of the Library has increased during the year 1924 and its activities have kept pace with the increasing demands of our city.
During the year the Trustees have had the usual routine and administrative business to transact and the work of the Board has been conducted with the one object in view of making the Library and its equipment of the greatest value and use to the community it serves. Additions and alterations to the Wollaston branch have been completed, thereby enabling its facilities to be greatly extended. There has been a healthy growth in the main Library and its eight branches.
For some years no material increase in the annual appropria- tion by the city has been requested. As for the money now ex- pended, we are getting a maximum return. In this regard, it will be noted that it costs less than ten cents per volume to circulate our books, while the average accepted by librarians generally is over fourteen cents per volume.
Requests have been received recently for the establishment of branches at Montclair and Germantown and the needs of these localities should be taken care of as soon as possible. It is mani- fest, therefore, that if the Library is to continue to meet the demands and requirements of our fast growing city, additional funds must be had through the annual appropriation. The in- fluence of the Library is felt in our homes and in our schools, and recently its scope has been extended to include our city hospital. Everything should be done to broaden its sphere of usefulness and to maintain it at the highest point of efficiency.
The Trustees take this opportunity to note again the splendid co-operation and valuable services of the Librarian and the staff.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. ADAMS, Chairman, GEORGIANA CUSHING LANE, Secretary.
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CITY OF QUINCY
TREASURER'S STATEMENT, 1924 Thomas Crane Endowment Fund
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1923:
Mass. State Bonds (cost price) $19,656 75
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank. 572 51
Balance in Nat'l Mt. Wollaston Bank 112 56
Received interest on Mass. State Bonds. 630 00
Received interest on deposits. 7 34
Paid American Surety Co. of N. Y., pre- mium on bond for Treasurer $6 25
Boston Feather Duster Co., brushes
36 00
Granite Trust Co., box rent. 5 00
Hoyt N. McCauley, painting
95 00
Macey-Morris Co., cabinet.
51 00
M. Martin, labor ..
. 15
John C. Paige & Co., insurance.
3 20
Quincy Rubber Store, rubber matting
5 25
Mrs. E. C. Roach, care of grounds ..
20 83
David J. Roach, care of grounds.
365 00
William G. Roach, care of grounds
158 24
W. G. Shaw, oak stools
5 17
John G. Thomas, repairs on roof.
98 50
William Westland & Co., supplies.
35 55
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1924:
Mass. State Bonds (cost price)
19,656 75
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank.
286 27
Balance in Nat'l Mt. Wollaston Bank
100 00
$20,979 16 $20,979 16
George W. Morton Fund
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1923:
2 Kansas City Terminal Bonds 4's $1,880 50
3 Massachusetts Gas, 41/2's. 2,912 38
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank 656 97
Received interest on bonds.
215 00
Received interest on deposits in Savings Bank 27 13
Quincy
Paid Baker & Taylor Co., books. $283 38
Mabel S. Baxter, work for Treasurer 20 00
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1924:
2 Kansas City Terminal Bonds, 4's
1,880 50
3 Massachusetts Gas, 41/2's ..
2,912 38
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank
595 72
$5,691 98
$5,691 98
Cotton Center Johnson Fund
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1923:
Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Bonds (cost price) $1,890 00
Balance in Quincy Savings Bank 444 37
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Received interest on bonds.
$100 00
Received interest on deposits in Quincy Savings Bank 9 09
Paid The Baker & Taylor Co., books Yale University Press, books Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1924:
$253 14 119 25
Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Bonds (cost price) Balance in Quincy Savings Bank
1,890 00
181 07
$2,443 46 $2,443 46
Crane Memorial Fund
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1923
127 55
Received interest on Liberty bonds
599 77
Received interest on bank balance : 17
Received rents from "Pratt" property
660 00
Received from sale of Liberty bonds.
3,093 12
Paid Bates Bros., plumbing
$111 72
Boisjoly & Foster, painting
170 00
City of Quincy, water rates.
28 00
John J. Duane, labor.
4 00
M. Martin, labor.
8 75
John C. Paige & Co., insurance
336 00
Laban Pratt, interest on mortgage
646 50
Wm. H. Teasdale, insurance
42 75
George E. Thomas, carpenter work.
35 00
The Waterproofing Co., per contract.
2,603 00
Thomas Whelan, labor ...
178 40
Balance in Nat'l Mt. Wollaston Bank
324 49
$4,488 61
$4,488 61
On hand Dec. 31, 1924:
Liberty bonds ( cost price)
$9,696 59
Liberty bonds (received as part of prin- cipal)
1,500 00
$11,196 59
Alice G. White Fund
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1923:
Liberty bond (cost price)
$938 99
Balance in Nat'l Mt. Wollaston Bank
146 15
Received interest on bonds.
42 50
Paid Oliver Ditson Co., books
$72 95
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1924.
115 70
Liberty bond (cost price)
938 99
$1,127 64
$1,127 64
CHARLES J. MCGILVRAY, Treasurer.
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Circulation by Classes 1924
BRANCHES
JUVENILE DEPARTMENT
Main Hall
Wollas- ton
Park- way
Point
Atlantic
Parker
Manet
Baxter
Squan- tum
Ch'ld'n's Room
Schools
Total
General
5,133
1,737
990
494
360
208
133
753
114
439
10,361
Philosophy
1,139
171
35
29
58
13
24
7
10
16
1,502
Religion
807
186
57
103
46
42
65
43
4
128
385
1,866
Sociology
1,959
1,945
3,423
1,867
1,341
1,357
1,544
1,092
303
4,200
5,637
24,668
Language
417
35
86
60
8
1
16
30
1
1
20
675
Science
1,208
501
364
220
214
155
146
174
16
520
1,361
4,879
Useful arts ...
2,666
762
740
377
369
178
267
143
35
523
791
6,851
Fine arts
2,792
690
258
211
225
253
258
208
92
676
410
6,073
Literature
4,203
2,479
5,735
2,240
1,773
1,505
2,158
1,949
539
3,898
4,679
31,158
History
2,146
832
896
417
594
234
556
357
81
894
1,608
8,615
Travel
2,099
1,588
1,869
1,036
912
973
652
897
215
2,086
3,614
15.941
Biography.
1,836
1,206
736
444
502
285
397
355
74
638
1,207
7,680
Fiction
71,884
47,203
26,034
23,328
20,606
15,184
17.536
11,230
5,369
15,140
18,975
272,489
Total
98,289
59,335
41,223
30,826
27,008
20,388
23,752
17,238
6,843
29,153
38,703
392,758
CITY OF QUINCY
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library:
I submit below the Librarian's report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1924.
The outstanding feature of our activities for the past year has been our work with the grade schools of the city. In every case where distance has not forbidden the schools have, as usual, sent their upper classes to the central building for a series of lessons tending to make them familiar with its resources and their use. In addition, our long cherished dream of being able to supply each classroom with a specially chosen set of books suddenly became a possibility. The city fathers have been notably generous in their appropriations for books of late, making the purchase of the books possible. And after the installation of the first few classroom boxes the requests began to come in faster than we were able to meet them.
However, books were purchased and the mechanical preparation made as fast as it was physically possible. At the close of the year, instead of six general collections sent to as many buildings and administered as deposit stations, we had installed 108 class- room collections in seventeen different buildings. There are many teachers still waiting and the work is being carried on with all possible vigor. The new system is dependent upon the co-opera- tion of the teachers for success; and it promises well for the future that the requests are coming from them.
In June I went to the national conference of librarians at Sara- toga for the express purpose of conferring with those whom wide experience has qualified for advisers. As a result I feel that we are definitely committed to the policy of fixed collections. This means that for each grade there will be a definite chosen list of books. In addition to insuring a wise assortment it will facilitate the mechanical process of preparing and exchanging the collec- tions; a consideration of weight when the work shall have reached its full possibilities.
Statistically considered, our work has grown nine per cent during the year. Our circulation fell just short of the four hun- dred thousand mark which we had some reasonable hope of reaching. This sounds more imposing than it really is. When we consider the rapid growth of Quincy it is doubtful whether the library of late is doing much more than to keep up with that. growth. And it is becoming quite evident that in order to do even that, we shall in the near future be called upon to establish two new branches in sections now rapidly growing and beyond the serviceable influence of any existing branch.
Our book collection has made a net growth of slightly more than three thousand volumes. This is not the result of counting dusty, unread tomes. Our collection is an unusually live and active one. We have no shelf room for the book that has outlived its use- fulness.
For a variety of reasons our city has an unusually large number of transient residents, many of whom are users of the library. Local conditions at present also seem to favor unusually frequent change of address. It has seemed best in view of these facts to change the registration period from three to two years. This
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change has just been made at the close of the year with the result that a large number of cards were declared expired and in many cases the re-registration has not yet been effected. In consequence, the number of borrowers reported elsewhere, 15,000, falls some- what below the number reported a year ago. The labor involved in more frequent re-registration is offset by the many advantages of having more accurate knowledge of where to reach the bor- rowers when needed.
A carefully chosen collection of about 200 titles of children's books was assembled during November on the occasion of the nation-wide celebration of Children's Book Week. These titles were chosen with the especial purpose in mind of making them suggestive for suitable purchases for the approaching holidays. Special attention was given to the choice of the best illustrated editions. We exhibited these books at many of the branches and later, on request, at many of the women's clubs. Also, when so requested, I gave a talk on the importance of the child's reading and reading habits.
I have also had an unusual number of opportunities to address local bodies of various kinds upon such aspects of the work of the library as might especially appeal to them. I have gladly made use of the opportunities presented and I am convinced that it has been time well spent. The perennial problem still is how to keep in the mind of the public the service which the library offers.
Only one staff position has suffered a change. Miss King, after nearly three years of service as cataloger and first assistant, felt it necessary for family reasons to resign and go to Honolulu. She had discharged her duties while with us with spirit and distinction and we regretted to lose her. In October the position was filled by the appointment of Miss Cameron of Albany, New York. Miss Cameron was educated at Smith College and Pratt Institute Library School. Eight years of subsequent experience in a variety of positions have materially added to her equipment for successful service.
There is promise of an unusually interesting year ahead. Cer- tain achievements long anticipated seem just around the corner. We turn another page with a very real hope and enthusiasm.
Respectfully submitted, TRUMAN R. TEMPLE, Librarian.
Statistical Summary
Population served 47,826 (Census of 1920).
Free for lending and reference.
Total number of agencies, consisting of :
Central Library
Branches
8
Stations (Delivery)
3
Schools (buildings)
19
Number of days open during year: For lending
304
For reading
334
Hours open each week for lending
72
Hours open each week for reading
76
Total number of staff
12
Total valuation of library property
$270,000
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of volumes at beginning of year 41,410
14,788
56,198
Number of volumes added by purchase ..
2,568
3,509
6,077
Number of volumes added by gift ..
163
163
Number of volumes added by binding.
37
37
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn
1,705
1,494
3,199
Total number at end of year.
42,473
16,803
59,276
Number of volumes lent for home use ...
220,900
171,858
392,758
Volumes of fiction lent for home use.
183,403
89,086
272,489
Number of registered borrowers.
15,606
Number of publications issued
5
Number of periodicals received: 159 titles, 271 copies.
RECEIPTS FROM
City appropriation
$38,297 50
Endowment funds
1,471 83
$39,769 33
PAYMENTS FOR
Books
$9,709 97
Periodicals
719 29
Binding
2,045 65
Library service
17,301 06
Janitor service
3,312 25
Rent
1,765 25
Light
1,014 13
Printing
479 06
Heat
1,325 79
Librarian's petty cash
297 85
Other maintenance
1,799 03
$39,769 33
Books in Library, January 1, 1925
Adult
Juvenile
Total
General work
727
97
812
Periodicals
3,327
3,327
Philosophy
842
14
856
Religion
1,105
166
1,271
Sociology
3,557
1,680
5,237
Philology
303
4
307
Science
1,016
651
1,667
Useful arts
2,108
748
2,856
Fine arts
1,808
548
2,356
Literature
4,477
1,670
6,147
History and travel
4,872
2,773
7,645
Biography
3,102
852
3,954
Fiction
15,229
7,600
22,829
Total
42,473
16,803
59,276
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CITY OF QUINCY
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DE- PARTMENT OF THE CITY OF QUINCY, MASS.
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1924
Chairman HON. GUSTAVE B. BATES, Mayor
Vice-Chairman DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING
HON. GUSTAVE B. BATES Term expires Dec. 31, 1924 33 Dimmock Street, Quincy
MR. GEORGE W. ABELE. Term expires Dec. 31, 1924 64 Presidents Lane, Quincy
MR. SIDNEY W. YOUNG. Term expires Dec. 31, 1924
73 Conant Road, Atlantic.
DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING Term expires Dec. 31, 1925 1136 Hancock Street, Quincy
MR. ROBERT E. FOY. Term expires Dec. 31, 1925
13 Eliot Street, South Quincy
DR. DANIEL B. REARDON. Term expires Dec. 31, 1926 1186 Hancock Street, Quincy
COL. WARREN E. SWEETSER. Term expires Dec. 31, 1926
56 Elm Avenue, Wollaston
Secretary of Board and Superintendent of Schools FRED H. NICKERSON, A.M. 25 Edgemere Road, Quincy
The regular meetings of the School Committee are held at 8 o'clock P. M., on the last Tuesday in each month excepting July.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
For Men SAMUEL W. WAKEMAN, HERBERT S. BARKER, CHARLES L. GILLIATT, HARRY E. D. GOULD, EDWARD D. MARNOCK
For Women
MRS. WALTER S. PINKHAM, MRS. ROBERT E. FOY, MRS. GEORGE W. ABELE
Superintendent's Clerks
Stenographer MARION NILSEN
Bookkeeper
HELEN M. CANTY
33 Nilsen Avenue, Quincy 5 Pierce Street, Atlantic
Office : School Committee Rooms, High School Building, Coddington Street.
Office Hours: 8 A. M. to 12 M. and 2 to 5 P. M .; Saturday, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
Attendance Officer CHARLES H. JOHNSON 24 Upland Road, Quincy Office: School Committee Rooms
Office Hours: 8 to 9:30 A. M., 1:30 to 2 P. M., and 4:30 to 5 P. M .; Saturdays, 8 A. M. to 12 M.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Quincy:
The School Committee submits, herewith, its annual report for the year 1924.
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