Randolph town reports 1891-1900, Part 16

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Publication date: 1891
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Three (3) 25 candle-power lamps on South street.


Five (5) 25 candle-power lamps on North street to the bridge.


Three (3) 25 candle-power lamps on North street below bridge.


Four (4) 25 candle-power lamps on Liberty street.


Two (2) 25 candle-power lamps on Chestnut street.


Three (3) 25 candle-power lamps on Cross street.


Four (4) 25 candle-power lamps on Warren to junction with West street.


Three (3) 25 candle-power lamps on West from Warren to McCarthy's Corner.


Two (2) 25 candle-power lamps from McCarthy's to Mann's Corner.


Ten (10) 25 candle-power lamps on South Main street above No. 1 Schoolhouse.


One (1) 25 candle-power lamp on Grove street.


Two (2) 25 candle-power lamps on Oak street.


Six (6) candle-power lamps on Lafayette street.


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These additional lamps would cost $726, which sum, added to the sum mentioned by Mr. Doughty, would give a total of $2,692.


With regard to the making of a contract between the town and Mr. Doughty, the committee . have been advised that, although according to the existing laws there is doubt as to the legality of such a contract, the risk of entering into it would be on the part of Mr. Doughty rather than on that of the town.


Provided the town should vote to enter into a contract with Mr. Doughty, the committee recommend that a con- tract for a period of not more than three years be made, that the amount to be annually expended shall not exceed the total sum last mentioned, viz., $2,692; that the num- ber of lights shall not be less than that of the complete plan which is mentioned in this report, and that the details of the contract shall be left to the discretion of the Board of Select- men, who shall by the vote of the town be made its agents for that purpose.


In conclusion, the committee would say that they have felt that they would best fulfil the duty entrusted to them by presenting to the people the fullest information which they could obtain in connection with the matter of lighting the town by electricity, leaving it to the wisdom of the citi- zens to decide, after looking at the question in all its lights, what plan of electric lighting would be most advantageously adopted.


CHARLES H. HOWARD, WESTON P. ALDEN, WILLIAM F. BARRETT, JOSEPH BELCHER, JAMES FARDY, ASA P. FRENCH, WILLIAM H. GIBBONS,


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ARTHUR HAGNEY, HUGH J. MOLLOY, JOHN B. THAYER, STILLMAN B. WOODMAN, Committee on Electric Lighting.


Randolph, Oct. 24, 1893.


The foregoing report was adopted by the town at a meet- ing held October 24, 1893, and a contract has been made with Charles Doughty, from November 1, 1893, to the first day of March A.D. 1896.


PETER B. HAND, PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, JOHN K. WILLARD,


Selectmen of Randolph.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


TOWN OF RANDOLPH


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1893.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


To the Selectmen and Inhabitants of Randolph :


Section eighth of chapter forty-six of the Public Statutes reads as follows :


"The School Committee shall annually make a detailed re- port of the condition of the several public schools, which report shall contain such statements and suggestions in rela- tion to the schools as the Committee deem necessary or proper to promote the interests thereof, and shall cause such report to be printed for the use of the inhabitants."


In compliance with the above requirement, your Commit- tee respectfully submit the following report :-


The general condition of the schools does not change ma- terially from year to year, but when the present work and the method of its accomplishment is compared or contrasted with that of twenty or thirty years ago, it is very easy to dis- cover great and important improvements. Still, much remains to be done if the schools of our day are to keep pace with or, as is their right, lead in the onward march of civilization and refinement. In this age of telegraphs and telephones, of electric cars and electric lights, of wonderful inventions and improvements in our mechanical industries, so that a man's ability to perform has greatly increased, have we not a right to expect and demand such improvements in our ed- ucational systems as shall give the children a better education before passing from the grammar school ?


Leading educators are beginning to assert that much time


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is being wasted in our schools in teaching unimportant details of subjects, the excuse for dwelling so long upon them being the fact that they have always been taught in this manner, and it is difficult to break away from the habit.


There is no doubt that much time is spent in compelling pupils to memorize the location of unimportant places in geography and of dates and facts in history of little use to . the pupil, consuming time that should be more profitably employed in other directions. Much difficult and worthless matter of the old arithmetics has been cast aside and does not appear in more modern books now used in our schools.


Your Committee have had their attention called to these new departures, which are being advocated by President Eliot of Harvard College and many other advanced thinkers, and being tried in some of our most progressive towns. They feel that some of the changes that are suggested are worthy of consideration.


TEACHERS.


Only one change has occurred in the corps of teachers during the year. Miss Rose M. Brady resigned her position which she had filled for several years as teacher of the North Street School.


Miss Helen A. Belcher, a graduate of Stetson High School and of Thayer Academy, was elected to fill the position.


The Tower Hill school was so crowded at the commence- ment of the year that some means had to be adopted for its relief.


After consideration the Committee decided to send some pupils from the Hill to the North Grammar building and others to the West Corners school. This furnishes a remedy for the present, but it may become necessary to open a second school in the Tower Hill building, as was the case in former years.


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BOOKS.


The Committee decided to change from Warren's to Maury's geography, this being the only change in text books during the year.


SUPERINTENDENT.


From year to year your Committee have called your atten- tion to the need of careful supervision of the daily work done in our schools ; a supervision which can best be exer- cised by a person trained in the work of teaching. If a dis- trict could be formed with one or more neighboring towns, the extra expense would be slight and much good ought to result.


CENTENNIAL.


In the celebration by the town of her one hundredth birthday, the children of our public schools, as was expect- ed, performed a very important part. Assembling in their various rooms, they marched to the Town Hall and formed in front of the building to the number of six hundred, and accompanied by Baldwin's band sang several selections in a very delightful manner, receiving applause from invited guests and visitors from neighboring towns, after which they adjourned to the hall, where a collation and entertainment were provided for them.


The work of preparation was performed during vacation, and the children and most of the teachers gave their time and labor with a faithfulness which called forth many hearty expressions of commendation from our townspeople.


IN GENERAL.


We feel that our schools are in the hands of good and faithful teachers, and while there are and of necessity must be different degrees of excellence, yet we feel confident that each teacher is striving for improvement in the high and exalted work of training our youth for good citizenship.


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ROLL OF HONOR.


NAMES OF PUPILS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABSENT DURING THE YEAR.


Sheldon J. Mann.


Frank A. Thayer.


Bertha Devine.


Wales G. Thayer.


Sophia R. Cole.


Robert H. Willard. Waldo E. Mann.


Esther M. Holbrook. William Barry.


Sybel M. Smith.


Lena A. Doge.


George Loring Binney.


Mabel M. Tabor.


John Dunn.


Ann O'Brien.


NOT ABSENT TWO TERMS.


Emma Jones.


Eugene McCarthy.


May Lawless.


William M. Bustard.


Emelie Schmidth.


Lilla M. Allen.


Bennie J. Mann.


Cora A. Baker.


Ernest Bigelow.


Grace A. Belcher.


Edward Devine.


Edith A. Belcher.


William L. Allen.


Joseph Campagna.


William H. Curran.


Edward Brady.


Edwin N. Stetson.


Herbert Langley.


Sarah Burke. A. Louis Reynolds.


William D. Clark.


Maggie O'Halloran. Timothy Kelliher.


Ralph G. Knight.


Thomas Foley.


NOT ABSENT ONE TERM.


Jennie Wright.


Annie Walsh.


Carrie Devine.


Sarah Walsh.


Clarence Devine. Elsie Moulton.


Hortense G. Hayes. Mary Stetson.


Catharine Brady. Kittie Moore.


Mary T. Schrout.


Frances Devine.


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Bertha Tucker. Esther A. E. Wentworth. Chester S. Wentworth. Sammie Swindells. Judith Swindells. Irwin Stetson.


Bessic L. Bryant.


Ernest Payne. Julia L. Schrout.


Mabel DeForest.


William Rudderham.


John R. Mouss.


James Smith.


Nellie Foley.


Emma C. Thatcher.


John Good. Ralph R. Corlis.


Mary F. Hayden.


Henry Clark. Harry Dennehey. Edward Savage. John Uniack.


John Barrett.


Annie Kiley.


Fred Garland. James Kelliher. John J. Heney. May Walsh. James Foley. George English. Robert Uniack. Willie Mahoney. Gilman Chase. Agnes Popope. Bessie J. Fardy. Harold Howard. William Good. Thomas H. Good.


George E. Easton. Arthur M. Beals.


William McLaughlin. James F. Thatcher. Frank E. Wales.


George A. Young. Mary Gill. Gertrude Powderly.


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SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Number enrolled.


Average enrollment.


Average membership.


Average atttendance.


Per cent of attendance.


No. over 15 years of age.


No. between 8 and 15 years.


No. under 5 years of age.


The Committee ask the town to raise and appropriate the following sums of money to enable them to meet the expenses of the ensuing year to March 1, 1895 : -


For teaching .


· $7,800 00


fuel


400 00


care of rooms .


550 00


general and incidental


400 00


permanent repairs .


400 00


books and supplies .


600 00


·


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47


0


45


33


97


94


C


30


PRESCOTT


Mary E. Wren .


36


0


35


32


9I


O


2


O


PRIMARY,


Kittie R. Molloy


·


57


O 54


5I


94


3


54


0


NORTH


Emma D. Stetson


134


0


33


29


88


3I


PRIMARY,


Clara A. Tolman


.


0


33


29


83


3


O


Lucie W. Lewis


33


0


32


28


88


2I


Helen A. Belcher


26


O


I9


I8


94


II


O


UNGRADED,


Sara Belcher


· 32


30


0


26


87


27


O


Hannah F. Hoye


.147


0 44 40


9I


32


O


.


HIGH,


Hugh J. Molloy Isabel M. Breed


.85


Alice B. Smith .


Thomas H. West


. 54


47


o


42+


90+ 96+


3


25


0


PRESCOTT GRAMMAR,


Kate E. Sheridan


. 36


34


36


0


34


38


88


O


O


NORTH


5


Joseph Belcher .


.


·


|4I


3 37


33


89


I


53


O


Mary A. Molloy


. 40


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0 42


GRAMMAR,


Ellen P. Henry .


4I


34


·


$10,150 00


Kate Kiley


O


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Dog tax


$511 00


Coddington fund


80 00


State school tax


183 54


$774 54


T. T. CUSHMAN. ASA P. FRENCH. THOMAS DOLAN.


EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS TO DEC. 31, 1893. FOR TEACHING.


Paid Thomas H. West


$999 96


Joseph Belcher


1,000 00


Ellen P. Henry


424 84


Katherine A. Kiley


425 00


Emma D. Stetson


380 00


Katherine E. Sheriden


399 00


Mary A. Molloy


380 00


Mary E. Wren


380 00


Katherine R. Molloy


367 00


Clara A. Tolman


367 00


Rose M. Brady


198 00


Helen Belcher


116 00


Lucy W. Lewis


354 00


Hannah F. Hoye


354 00


Sarah C. Belcher


354 00


Total


$6,498 80


FUEL FOR SCHOOLS, 1893.


Paid Wales Brothers, wood


$2 50


Joseph Jones, wood ·


2 50


Joseph Leahy, wood


16 75


50


Paid S. Austin Thayer, coal D. B. White, coal . Edwin M. Mann, wood Lincoln Stetson, wood


$15 50


332 50


41 00


2 50


Total


$413 25


CARE OF ROOMS, 1893.


Paid Henry Beal


$32 50


Michael Sheridan


277 90


Martin V. B. Howard


122 00


Mrs. Lewis Stetson


25 00


Mrs. Eleanor Holbrook


44 20


James Barry .


27 50


Benjamin Stetson


1 85


Total .


$530 95


PERMANENT REPAIRS.


Paid Edward A. Perry, building fence, No. 8 . $21 05


H. B. Libby, building fence, W. C. 109 70


Burke & Hurley, painting fence, W. C.


25 00


A. O. Daniels


24 32


M. M. Alden, stock for fence .


44 95


$225 02


GENERAL AND INCIDENTAL REPAIRS.


Paid N. H. Tirrell, labor $50 50


Charles Prescott


87


Frank J. Donahoe, truant officer


20 00


F. A. Belcher, curtains 2 43


Martin V. B. Howard, truant officer 15 00


Thomas Dolan, census of school children, 1893 20 00


Mrs. L. Hayes, use of well, 1892-93 6 00


F. H. Wood, tuning piano 2 25


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Paid S. A. Thayer . $1 50


J. Rosenfield, 1 doz. feather dusters 9 00


John L. Burks, labor . 3 00


M. F. Smith, stock, labor and team .


21 00


Thomas Dolan, special service on repairs of schools 15 00


Thomas Dolan, postage


2 50


W. B. Spear, labor


2 50


Griffith Jones, labor


5 00


Lawrence White, labor


1 25


C. A. Wales, general incidentals


63 55


D. H. Huxford, printing


23 00


E. W. Campagna, labor .


1 68


Thomas Dolan, general incidentals


15 00


Frank McAuley, labor


1 40


James Fardy, repairs


1 70


Michael Sheridan, labor


9 75


Thomas Dolan, expenses to Boston on sup- plies .


5 00


Colin Boyd, care committee room


6 00


M. M. Alden, stock


6 63


Edward A. Perry, labor


28 75


$340 26


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.


Paid C. B. Goodrich & Co. '


$90 00


Thomas Hall & Son


9 40


Ginn & Co.


2 50


Boston School Supply Co.


130 65


Carl Schoenof


4 88


DeWolf, Fiske & Co.


7 50


Houghton, Mifflin & Co.


9 43


Bigelow & Taylor


11 04


J. L. Hammett


92 80


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Paid Joseph Belcher


$5 25


Silver, Burdett & Co.


20 50


Prang Educational Co.


19 88


University Publishing Co.


212 25


· Oliver Ditson


35 10


American Co.


1 40


Thompson & Brown


23 38


Maynard & Merritt


7 50


Total


$683 47


CR.


State school fund


$183 54


Coddington fund


80 00


Return from dog fund


.


511 98


RECAPITULATION.


Paid for teaching


$6,498 80


books and supplies


.


683 47


general and incidentals


340 26


care of rooms


530 95


fuel .


413 25


permanent repairs


225 02


Total


· $8,691 75


·


.


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STETSON SCHOOL FUND.


The trustees of Stetson High School respectfully present their annual report as follows : -


The exercises of the forty-ninth commencement of Stetson High School were held in Stetson Hall on Friday, the thir- tieth day of June, 1893, in presence of the trustees and friends of the school, filling the hall to its utmost capacity.


The members of the graduating class, having attended the school the full time required by the trustees, having per- formed their several parts in the exercises, were presented with diplomas.


FOUR YEARS' COURSE. Latin.


Myra Evelyn Hunt. Ethel Eliza Roberts. Frank White Belcher. English.


Clifford Mann Balkham. Joseph Warren Mahony.


TWO YEARS' COURSE.


Eileen Genevieve Bracken. Bertha May Beals.


Eva Marilla Dyer. Jesse Clarence Alden.


The Turner medals were awarded to the valedictorian, Frank White Belcher, and the salutatorian, Myra Evelyn Hunt.


Miss Edith Bancroft resigned her position as assistant in the school. Miss Alice M. Smith, A.B., a graduate of Bos- ton University, was elected to fill the vacancy. The trustees are confident that the school is prospering under the princi- pal, Hugh J. Molloy, A.M., who is thorough in his work, a


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good disciplinarian, exacting in recitations and popular with his pupils.


At the commencement of the school year in September last, there were admitted to the school forty-one pupils, twenty-nine in the Latin, and twelve in the English Course.


Whole number in the school, eighty-five, five of this num- ber being from the town of Avon.


Number in Latin Course, sixty-two; number in English, twenty-three.


To maintain the school at its present standing the trustees respectfully ask the voters of the town to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $2,200 and the bank tax.


T. T. CUSHMAN. JOHN B. WREN. ASA P. FRENCH.


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DR. 1893.


THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN ACCOUNT


Jan. I. To balance old account


$20 06


Feb. 10. tuition Sadie M. Wall 5 00


IO. loan from Trustees (borrowed on note)


500 00


Mar. 23.


town appropriation in part .


1,100 00


April I. dividends, Eliot National Bank


$30 00


Webster National Bank


20 00


Hide and Leather Nat. Bank


25 00


Exchange National Bank


30 00


Boylston National Bank


30 00


Tremont National Bank 25 00


Old Boston National Bank 20 00


Shawmut National Bank 39 00


Randolph National Bank 65 00


July 13. town appropriation in part .


550 00


Sept. II. town appropriation, balance of


550 00


town order for part payment of Spear's bill for painting in Hall


25 00


dividends, Eliot National Bank


$30 00


Webster National Bank


20 00


Hide and Leather Nat. Bank


25 00


Shoe and Leather Nat. Bank


20 00


Exchange National Bank


30 00


Boylston National Bank


30 00


Old Boston National Bank


25 00


Shawmut National Bank


39 00


Randolph National Bank


65 00


Dec. 27. tax on bank stock refunded by town


175 20


rental of Hall during year


163 50


O. C. Stockwell, tuition


5 00


Edward Quinn, diploma


50


$3,692 26


RANDOLPH, January 22, 1894.


The undersigned, Selectmen of the town of Randolph, have made an examination of the accounts of the Trustees of Stetson School Fund as represented, and find them correct.


The investments remain in the bank stock reported by the Trustees, same as last year, the par value of which is $10,600, the certificates re- maining with the Secretary.


We also find in the hands of the Secretary a $1,000 bond, the invest- ment for the Turner Fund, same as reported.


PETER B. HAND. PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN. JOHN K. WILLARD.


284 00


314 00


30 00 Shoe and Leather Nat. Bank


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WITH THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND. I893.


Jan. 16. By paying for stationery


$0 20


Feb. 24. Hugh J. Molloy, acct. salary


257 89


24. Isabel M. Breed, acct. salary


96 71


24. Edith Bancroft, acct. salary 92 10


Mar. 3. N. II. Tirrell, bill


4 00


23.


Colin Boyd, bill


28 00


23.


C. F. and A. W. Stone, bill


3 33


23.


Trustees' note and interest


502 50


Apr. 10.


J. White Belcher, insurance


56 25


IO.


C. G. Hathaway, insurance


25 00


·


13.


C. A. Wales, bill


13 40


19.


Hugh J. Molloy, acct. salary


147 36


19.


Isabel M. Breed, acct. salary


55 26


19.


Edith Bancroft, acct. salary 52 64


19.


Colin Boyd, bill


15 00


May 17.


Hugh J. Molloy, acct. salary


147 36


17.


Isabel M. Breed, acct. salary


55 26


17.


Edith Bancroft, acct. salary


52 64


24.


E. R. Jackson, clocks


22 00


.


24.


Wm. Bourne & Son, tuning piano


3 50


June 8.


Hugh J. Molloy, acct. salary


IIO 52


12.


Isabel M. Breed, acct. salary


55 26


12.


Edith Bancroft, acct. salary .


52 64


29.


Am. Bank Note Co., diplomas .


2 00


29.


A. F. Dinsmore, work on diplomas


2 75


29.


Isabel M. Breed, acct. salary


41 47


29.


Edith Bancroft, acct. salary


39 42


30.


Hugh J. Molloy, acct. salary


147 36


July 13.


John B. Thayer, bill .


41 65


13.


Colin Boyd, bill


31 00


24.


J. T. Leahy, coal


16 25


Aug. 23.


F. Taylor, repairs


5 90


25. Frank J. Donohue


I 50


Sept. 14.


J. T. Leahy, coal


226 50


14.


A. J. Gove


19 30


14.


Colin Boyd


5 20


Oct. 3.


Isabel M. Breed, acct salary


57 89


3. Alice M. Smith, acct. salary


52 63


6. Hugh J. Molloy, acct. salary


184 21


18.


Wm. B. Spear, painting


S2 44


20. F. F. Smith, charcoal


7 So


27.


Isabel M. Breed, acct. salary


57 89


CR.


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Oct. 27. By paying Alice M. Smith, acct. salary


$52 63


Nov. 4.


Hugh J. Molloy, acct. salary


147 36


16.


D. H. Huxford, printing ·


20 75


16.


F. A. Stanley, repairs


IO 67


29.


Hugh J. Molloy, acct. salary


147 36


29.


Isabel M. Breed, acct. salary


72 37


29.


Alice M. Smith, acct. salary


65 78


Dec. 22.


Isabel M. Breed, acct. salary


43 42


22.


Alice M. Smith, acct. salary


39 47


22.


Colin Boyd, bill


.


28 00


30.


F. A. Belcher estate, supplies


I 57


30.


Stationery


25


30.


M. M. Alden, repairs


56 53


30


Hugh J. Molloy, acct. salary


100 00


30.


Hugh J. Molloy, bill supplies


5 80


30.


Trustees and Secretary


20 00


$3,683 94


Balance


8 32


$3,692 26


C. G. HATHAWAY, Secretary.


TURNER FREE LIBRARY.


TRUSTEES, 1893. J. WHITE BELCHER, President. REV. J. C. FOSTER, D.D., Vice-President.


JOHN J. CRAWFORD, Treasurer. CHARLES G. HATHAWAY, Secretary.


PETER B. HAND. P. H. MCLAUGHLIN. JOHN K. WILLARD. Selectmen of Randolph, ex-officiis.


NATHANIEL HOWARD. JOHN V. BEAL. JOHN B. THAYER. J. WINSOR PRATT. GILBERT A. TOLMAN.


ASA P. FRENCH.


MISS ALICE M. TURNER.


Librarian. CHARLES C. FARNHAM.


Assistant.


MRS. FRANCIS O. HOWARD.


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TURNER LIBRARY


TURNER FREE LIBRARY.


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PUBLIC LIBRARY.


In compliance with article 3 of the by-laws of the Turner Library, the eighteenth annual report is herewith submitted, showing the condition of the trust, the building, library and funds, with extracts from the reports of different committees and of the librarian, presented to the trustees for the year ending December 31, 1893.


TRUST.


The trust consists of the library building, library, funds invested, and the income arising therefrom. The present condition of the funds will be found in the report of the finance committee, herewith submitted.


BUILDING.


The committee on building (consisting of Rev. J. C. Fos- ter, John J. Crawford, John B. Thayer, Nathaniel Howard and John K. Willard) report that the building is in good condition, and no extraordinary repairs will be required on the same the coming year. The parties who have been sup- plied with light and heat have paid their proportionate part of the same as assessed by the committee.


LIBRARY.


The annual examination of the library has been made by the library committee (consisting of Rev. J. C. Foster, J. White Belcher, John J. Crawford and Asa P. French), and the books, charts and furnishings of the library were found in their usual excellent condition.


The following extracts from the eighteenth annual report of the librarian, Dr. Charles C. Farnham, to the trustees,


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contains a condensed statement of the present condition of the library, and a brief summary of the work accomplished during the year ending December 31, 1893 :


" The number of volumes reported last December was 11,693 Since that time there have been added :


by purchase


296


by gift .


.


41


by periodicals bound . 42


making the present total . 12,072


" This large number of volumes places the Turner Library fifth in size among the twenty-seven free libraries in Nor- folk County, and fortieth among the three hundred and fifty- one libraries in the State of Massachusetts, while with one exception (that of Lexington), the Turner Library is the largest in any town of the State containing not over four thousand inhabitants. These statistics (taken from the last report of the Free Library Commission) seem most ex- couraging.


" Statistics may be dry reading, but they furnish the only data by which strangers may judge of the work done. To us they mean much, and when we associate with them the knowledge that the volumes of our library are exceedingly "well selected, and that it is notably rich in its reference, his- torical and biographical departments, that the literature of nearly every country and age is generously covered by the books already at hand, we may entertain something of pride and satisfaction.


" The facilities afforded to each teacher of the public schools of the town for taking from the library -through its circulating system - any number of volumes not exceed- ing ten, for school purposes only, and for an unrestricted period of time, has found a ready acceptance and hearty commendation from both teachers and scholars.


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" During the past year this branch of our circulation has been somewhat larger than the previous year, reaching a total of four hundred and sixty-two volumes.


" The library has been open to the puplic every day dur- ing the year, except Sundays, legal holidays, and the mid- summer vacation for annual examination.


" The number of persons owning cards is 1,500, and the sum total of volumes borrowed for home use is 17,594, the daily average being 63.


" The reading room has been largely visited, and as a gen- eral rule excellent order has been observed."


FUNDS.


The committee on finance (consisting of John V. Beal, Charles G. Hathaway, J. Winsor Pratt, P. H. Mclaughlin and Peter B. Hand) report that they have examined the accounts of the treasurer, in compliance with Article 10 of the by- laws, and find that the bills and orders for expenditures, which have been presented for payment, have been paid by the treasurer, upon the approval of the proper committee of the library, and proper vouchers therefor by him retained and placed on file, and that his accounts are in all respects true and accurate ; that a cash balance of $211.31 is now in the treasury. They further find that all the rents, interest, and all the revenues, from whatever source, have been duly collected and properly secured. The remaining funds of the library, exclusive of the balance before mentioned, consist of $5,000 invested in a promissory note of the inhabitants of the town of Randolph, and the additional sum of $10,000, known as the "Turner Fund," invested as follows : -


Three bonds of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, $1,000 each.


Two bonds of Union Pacific Railroad, collateral trust, $1,000 each.


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Three bonds of Kansas Pacific Railroad, $1,000 each.


Two bonds of Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad, $1,000 each.


For the current year the income is estimated as follows :


From rents


$550 00


Interest on town note


200 00


From Turner Fund


530 00


Total


$1,280 00


A detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1893, will be found in the re- port of the treasurer, hereto annexed.


The trustees take this oportunity to publicly express their satisfaction with the faithful manner in which the librarian and his assistant have performed all the various library duties committed to their care.


Respectfully submitted,


J. WHITE BELCHER, President of the Board of Trustees.


Randolph, January 1, 1894.


REPORT OF TREASURER OF TURNER FREE LIBRARY.




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