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600
1892
Bennett
Mary B. Smith
Maine Wesleyan Semin'y
675
1885
Somerville High School
600
1883
66
Miriam Cavanagh
Somerville High School
350
1893
Jackson
Annie E. McCarty
Somerville High School
600
1884
Forster
Fred C. Baldwin
Dartmouth College
1,800
1893
66
Grace Emerson
Farmington, Me., Normal School .
675
1892
Mrs. C. F. Sanborn
Salem Normal School
675
1893
Elizabeth Page
N. H. State Nor'l Sch'l .
600
1893
..
Lizzie F. Clement
Milton, High School . . Tilton Seminary, N. H. Salem Normal School
600 1883
66
Lucy K. Hatch
Castine, Me., Nor'l Sch'l
600
1892
Alice A. Batchelor
600
1877
Luetta M. Wescott Annie S. Gage
Grace Shorey
350
1892
66
Helen A. Smith
Chelsea High School .
400
1893
Glines
Mary E. Northup .
1,000
1878
66
M. Frances Guptill
Elliott, Me., Academy
600
1869
66
Margaret A. Orr .
600
1891
66
Mary A. Goddard.
Framingham Nor'l Sch'l Bridgewater Nor'l Sch'l . High School and Acad- emy, Attleboro ·
600
1893
66
Florence E. Baxter
400
1891
66
Emma Burckes
500
1890
Bingham
Nora F. Byard .
675
1884
Boston Normal School . R. I. State Nor'l School High and Training Sch'ls Woburn
600
1892
Morse
Mina J. Wendell
1,700
1882
66
Stella Hall
Bridgewater Nor'l Sch'l . Salem Normal Sch'l
675
1884
60
Mrs. M. F. Hill
Castine, Me., Nor'l Sch'l
600
1892
66
Ella F. Gould .
High School, Lowell .
600
1882
Amy C. Hudson
Somerville High School
600
1885
66
.
Anna E. Sawyer
Somerville High School
600
1873
66
.
Addie E. Wentworth
Bridgewater Nor'l Sch'l .
600
1893
.
Lennie W. Bartlett
600
1890
600
1884
Addie S. Winnek .
High School, Northboro Gorham, Me., Nor'l Sch'l Somerville High School Salem Normal School
600
1892
600
1883
High School, Centerville Framingham, Me., Nor'l School
675
1883
Nellie A. Boynton
Somerville High School Somerville High School Somerville High School High and Training Sch'ls Manchester, N. H. . .
600
1893
Ruby A. Johnson .
600
1892
Belle J. Tifft
Sarah S. Waterman
675
1887
66
Blanche Seabury
Isadore E. Taylor .
Somerville High School
675
1880
Annie E. Crimmings
Boston Public Schools .
600
1893
Mary Winslow
Mary E. Stiles
·
600
3891
Maude L. Kent
600
1891
of
289
290
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TEACHERS IN SERVICE DECEMBER, 1893.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
WHERE EDUCATED,
Salaries.
Beginning
Service.
Morse
Mary A. Haley
Boston High School .
600
1867
Lizzie E. Hill .
N.H. State Normal Sch'l
600
1891
Helen M. Mead
N.H. State Normal Sch'l
600 1893
66
Ella P. McLeod
Gloucester Train'g Sch'l
600
1888
Annabel M. Perry
Somerville High School
400
1891
Beech-street 66
Emma T. Tower
Somerville High School
625
1890
Somerville High School
600
1887
Franklin .
66
Anna C. Damon
Worcester Nor'l School .
600
1879
66
Caroline S. Plimpton Carrie A. Fowle
Salem Normal School
400
1892
Burns
Laura J. Brooks
Providence Schools . .
675
1883
66
Minnie S. Turner .
Somerville High School
600
1885
. .
Annie L. Brown
Cambridge High School
600
1885
Cedar-street 66
Mary E. Lacy
Somerville High School
400
1890
Highland
-
George E. Nichols
Dartmouth College ·
1,800
1877
66
·
M. Alice Paul .
Somerville High School
675
1879
66
.
·
66
.
·
Mabel A. Jepson
Gorham, Me.,Nor'l Sch'l Framingham Nor'l Sch'l Salem Normal School
600
1892
66
·
Annie R. Cox
N. H. State Normal Sch'l
600
1883
66
Grace M. Clarke
Salem Normal School
500
1893
66
Jennie C. Frazier
Boston Normal School . Somerville High School High School, Salem .
600
1878
66
Alice L. Hayward
400
1893
66
Jennie M. Horner .
Somerville High School
600 1888
66
Gertrude Friend
500
1893
Lincoln
Harry F. Hathaway . Carrie E. Fay .
600 1889
66
Charlotte F. Mott
600
1886
1890
66
Eliza H. Lunt
High School, Taunton
600
Music
S. Henry Hadley . Mrs. Gish Garwood
Somerville High School College, Illinois
500
1892
Drawing Sewing
Augusta L. Balch Mrs. C. M. Coffin.
Mass. Normal Art School High School, Nantucket Private Schools
600
1888
Mary L. Boyd .
600
1888
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
Sarah E. Pray .
Bridgewater Nor'l Sch'l . Miss Wheelock's Kinder- garten Normal School Bridgewater Nor'l Sch'l . Oberlin College
800
1890
Private School, Wadding- ton N. Y. .
600
1882
66
S. Adelaide Blood
Gloucester Train'g Sch'l Southbridge, Mass.
600
1859
Harvard .
Florence B. Ashley Harriet A. Hills
Somerville High School
675 1874
Ella M. Coops
600
1892
Florence M. Hamlin . Lizzie A. Davies
Somerville High School High School, Adams .
625
1893
600
1889
Jennie S. Westcott
675 1892
600 1887
Agnes M. Ward
600 1892
1,333
1868
900
1892
of
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
291
ASSISTANTS IN SERVICE DECEMBER, 1893.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
WHERE EDUCATED.
Salaries.
Beginning
Service.
Prescott
Frances M. Seymour A. Maude Emerson .
Somerville High School
425
1890
Edgerly
Florence N. Day
Somerville High School
275
1891
Davis
Nettie M. Orne
Somerville High School
425
1889
Bingham
Mabel E. Mansir
Somerville High School
275
1891
Morse
Grace B. Tibbetts . Hattie C. Wheet
Cambridge High School N. H. State Nor'l Sch'l . Bridgewater Nor'l Sch'l . Albany Normal School .
425
1890
Lincoln
Mary H. Joyce .
Boston Normol School .
350
1893
Edgerly
Edith A. Chapman
Somerville High School
1893
Davis
Minerva L. Mills .
Somerville High School
1893
Prospect Hill
Annie B. Russell .
Somerville High School
1893
Bennett
Isabella Daly
Somerville High School
1893
Glines
Florence S. Farnham
Simonds High School, Warren, N. H. .
1893
Morse Beech-street
Carrie Winslow E. Maude Smith
Somerville High School Morse School, Somer-
1893
Franklin
.
Alice E. Morang Mrs. Ida B. Mason
Somerville High School Somerville High School
500
1893
TEACHERS ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE DECEMBER 31, 1893.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
UNTIL
High 66
Sarah W. Fox .
September, 1894
Bertha L. Brown .
September, 1894
Edgerly
Alice M. Dearing
September, 1894
Forster
Harriet A. Brown
September, 1894
Highland
Hallie M. Hood
September, 1894
Morse
Pauline S. Downes
March,
1894
350
1890
Burns
Highland
K. E. Hourahan
350
1893
425
1891
Emma L. Ward
·
.
ville . ·
1893
1893
Substitute
·
Somerville High School
350 1890
of
TABLE SHOWING THE NAME, LOCATION, DATE OF ERECTION, ESTIMATED VALUE, CAPACITY, ETC., OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS, DECEMBER, 1893.
DISTRICTS.
SCHOOLS.
LOCATION.
When Built.
No. Feet
in Lot.
Estimated
Value.
No. of
Rooms.
No. of
No. of
Grammar
Classes,
No. of
Primary
Classes.
High
Highland Avenue
1871
-
$44,000
10
4
-
East Somerville
Prescott
Myrtle Street
1867
21,444
47,000
12
12
8
Edgerly
·
.
Cross Street
1871
26,428
47,000
12
12
8
4
Davis
Tufts Street
1884
38,152
25,700
4
4
1
3
L. V. Bell
Vinal Avenue
1874
23,396
47,000
13
13
9
4
Cummings
School Street
1884
11,300
15,700
4
4
1
3
Concord Square
1889
24,517
33,400
8
9
4
5
66
·
.
·
Washington Street
1891
27,236
62,000
12
12
8
4
·
~
·
Bennett
Joy Street
1868
20,560
10,600
4
3
Jackson
Poplar Street
1861
11,212
8,600
4
3
1
2
Winter Hill
Forster
Sycamore Street
1866
27,499
47,000
12
12
8
4
·
J. T. Glines
Jaques Street
1891
28,800
46,400
8
7
4:
3
~
Bingham
Lowell Street
1886
21,017
28,700
1
4
1
3
Spring Hill
Morse
Summer Street
1869
29,109
47,000
12
12
9
3
Beech-street
·
Beech Street
1872
6,000
4,800
2
2
-
2
~
Spring Hill Franklin
Somerville Avenue
1846
33,017
15,600
4
4
2
2
66
-
Harvard
Beacon Street
1851
9,810
3,600
1
1
1
66
66
+Burns
Cherry Street
1886
16,080
15,700
4
4
1
3
Cedar-street ·
Cedar Street
1843
800
2
2
-
·
Highland Avenue
1880
23,260
47,000
12
12
8
4
Highland
·
·
Broadway, Clarendon Hill
1885
17,662
14,700
4
4
2
2
$643,500
159
147
79
64
·
·
-
·
·
·
.
1868
11,050
8,600
4
3
1
2
Charles G. Pope
Washington Street
1848
25,313
21,000
6
4
3
1
Prospect Hill
·
·
t Receives pupils from both the Spring Hill and the West Somerville Districts.
* Destroyed by ffre December 14, 1893.
ANNUAL REPORTS.
-
66
*
·
·
·
.
·
·
66
West Somerville 66
Lincoln
·
·
.
·
66
.
·
~
·
O. S. Knapp
*Webster
Webster Avenue
.
·
.
·
.
.
1850
4,991
1,600
1
Beech Street
·
·
.
292
.
.
·
·
.
4
.
.
Prospect Hill
3
2
·
Classes.
293
PUPILS.
Number of persons in the city on the first day of May 1893, between five and fifteen years of age
7,601
Number between eight and fourteen years of age
4,446
High School.
Grammar and Primary Schools.
Total.
Annual Enrollment
565
9,067
9,632
Average Membership
543
6,674
7,217
Average Attendance .
516
6,274
6,790
Per cent of Attendance
94.9
94.0
94.1
Number cases of tardiness
360
3,019
3,379
Number cases of dismissal
-
587
587
Membership January, 1893
539
6,941
7,480
Membership December, 1893
612
6,822
7,434
Average number to a teacher
43.7
47.7
Number over fifteen years of age
485
387
872
Number between 8 and 14 years of age
19
4,931
4,950
TABLE OF PUPILS BY GRADES, DECEMBER, 1893.
TEACHERS.
PUPILS.
Average Age.
Women.
SCHOOLS.
GRADES.
Men.
Regular
Assist-
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Years.
Months.
1893.
High
First Class
3
11
29
83
112
18
5
66
Third
Fourth
110
136
160 246
15
5
Total
3
11
218
394
612
Grammar 66
Ninth
7
12
204
231
435
14
10
336
Eighth
11
270
275
. 545
14
376
22
66
Seventh
12
294
279
573
13
527
63
60
Sixth
1
11
·2
317
317
634
12
4
498
37
Fifth
16
1
377
356
733
11
1
617
29
66
Fourth
17
1
410
413
823
10
-
699
25
Total Grammar
8
79
4
1872
1871
3743
3053
176
Primary
Third
17
2
406
392
798 921
8 7
9
777
49
First
27
11
726
634
1360
6
3
822
28
Total Primary
64
15
1596
1483
3079
2328
109
1
Total Grammar
and Primary
8
143
19
3468
3354
6822
5381
285
Grand Total
11
154
19
3686
3748
7434
.
Second
30
64
94
17
5
.
.
49
111
16
6
. .
66
.
No. single pro-
motions in June,
No. double pro- motions in 1893.
-
11
729
32
Second
20
2
464
457
ants.
2,852
2,852
Number cases of punishment
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
294
ANNUAL REPORTS.
STATISTICS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Whole number of different pupils during the year · . 805
Largest number at one time ·
. 626
Number admitted during the year
266
from our Grammar Schools
.
240
66 from other schools . .
26
graduated .
82
of graduates who entered college
18
of graduates who entered Institute of Technology and Scientific Schools 11
who have left during the year exclusive of graduates 111
. . 43.7 Whole number at the present time, December, 1893 612 Average number to a teacher .
Number over fifteen years of age
·
514
in course preparatory to college · 204
pursuing the regular course · 271
pursuing the English course
in the first class when it entered the school . 196
in the first class at the present time . · 112
66 in the second class when it entered the school . 218 ·
in the second class at the present time · 94
66 in the third class when it entered the school · 238
in the third class at the present time . 160
in the fourth class when it entered the school . 251
in the fourth class at the present time · 246
· 137
295
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
High
565
543
516
94.9
360
0
539
612
43.7
485
19
12
Prescott
758
574
543
94.6
92
73
46
584
596
49.7
43
441
12
Edgerly
675
521
492
94.3
78
134
20
530
586
48.8
35
379
4
Davis
315
213
199
93.5
59
54
25
240
209
51.0
126
13
L. V. Bell
730
569
541
95.1
198
449
27
606
587
46.0
25
490
4
Cummings
249
172
160
93.1
87
46
35
185
186
46.5
83
8
O. S. Knapp
536
377
353
93.6
156
250
25
386
392
49.0
22
248
Webster
258
116
109
93.4
89
38
21
145
111
27.7
1
92
12
C. G. Pope .
634
489
462
94.6
249
186
27
492
505
42.0
31
374
4
Prospect Hill
311
195
177
90.8
107
93
58
244
167
42.0
=
226
3
Jackson
289
148
137
92.1
286
9
36
184
117
36.0
155
12
Forster
700
581
552
95.1
117
199
24
593
606
50.5
67
405
8
J. T. Glines
453
383
367
95.8
108
87
12
335
404
50.5
13
246
4
Bingham
312
216
200
92.6
60
39
4
232
218
54.5
166
12
Morse
763
590
556
94.3
296
407
84
619
604
50.0
63
486
2
Beech-street
160
105
95
91.3
254
27
26
120
89
44.5
39
4
Franklin
243
218
207
95.1
64
47
27
189
173
43.3
197
1
Harvard
116
65
60
91.5
53
9
2
60
59
56.0
12
4
Burns .
261
183
169
92.8
163
82
3
191
202
50.5
144
2
Cedar-street
80
55
50
89.9°
42
3
0
64
57
28.5
14
12
Highland
724
560
524
93.7
288
550
34
566
608
50.7
76
393
4
Lincoln
261
190
181
95.3
42
47
=
197
207
51.8
142
143
Total
9,632
7,217
6,790
94.1
3,375
2,852
587
7,480
7,434
47.7
872
4,950
of age.
Rooms occupied in December.
SCHOOLS.
Annual
Enrollment.
Average
Average
Attendance.
Per cent of
No. cases of
No. cases of
Dismissal.
No. cases of
Punishment.
No. attending
in January.
in December. No. attending
Average No.
in December.
No. over 15
years of age.
No. between 8
and 14 years
3
Bennett
239
154
140
91.1
127
26
40
179
139
46.3
73
·
.
Membership.
Attendance.
Tardiness.
3
EXHIBIT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1893.
to Teacher
296
ANNUAL REPORTS. STATISTICS OF EVENING SCHOOLS. SEASON OF 1893-4.
SCHOOLS.
Number of
Sessions.
Number of
Teachers.
Average No.
Enrolled.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent of
Attendance.
Cost of
Instruction.
Cost of
Janitors'
Services.
Prescott
47
6
72
52
72.2
$374.00
$49.00
L. V. Bell
47
6
88
74
84.1
418.50
49.00
Burns .
43
4
63
42
66.7
295.50
45.00
Total
137
16
223
168
75.3
1,088.00 774.00
143.00
Drawing School .
40
5
99
85
85.9
64.50
Grand Total .
177
21
322
253
78.6
1,862.00
$207.50
·
297
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
AUTHORIZED TEXT-BOOKS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Greenleaf's Complete Arithmetic .
4
Greenleaf's Algebra
4
Wentworth's Algebra .
. 2,1
Wentworth's Geometry 2,3,4
Meservey's Double Entry Book-keeping
.
4
Avery's Natural Philosophy . .
. 2, 3
Hall and Bergen's Text-book of Physics Eliot and Storer's Elementary Chemistry Hutchison's Physiology
2
Geology. Shaler's and others
1
Wood's Botany (Botanist and Florist)
1
Greene's Zoology
2
Young's Astronomy
1
Harkness's Latin Grammar . 1, 2, 3, 4
Collar and Daniell's Beginners' Latin Book 4
Harkness's Latin Reader
4
Harkness's, Allen and Greenough's, and Kelsey's Caesar 3
Daniell's Latin Prose Composition 1,2
Harkness's Latin Prose Composition
3
Collar's Latin Prose Composition .
1
Virgil .
1,2
Cicero ·
1
Ovid . ·
1
Nepos
. 1,2
.
Goodwin's Greek Grammar . . 1,2
Goodwin's Greek Reader 1,2 . 2 White's Beginners' Greek Book Merry's Odyssey . 1 .
Class.
2
3
298
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Class.
Keep's, Seymour's and Boise's Iliad
1
Herodotus .
1
Woodruff's Greek Prose Composition 1,2
Bocher's Otto's French Grammar
1, 2,3 Selections from the works of French authors approved
by the High School Committee 1, 2,3
Otto's German Grammar . 1,2 Selection from the works of German authors approved by the High School Committee .
1,2
Swinton's Outlines of the World's History
· 4
Myers's General History
· 4
History of England, Montgomery, Guest, Berard
.
1
Pennell's History of Greece .
2
Oman's History of Greece
2
Smith's History of Greece
2
Allen's History of Rome
2
Leighton's History of Rome
·
2
Pennell's History of Rome . 2 .
History of the United States, Johnston, Montgomery .
2
Hart's Rhetoric . .
1
Selections from the works of American authors approved by the High School Committee 4 Selections from the works of English authors approved by the High School Committee 1, 2,3
Shaw's History of English and American Literature 1, 2,3
Ginn & Heath's Classical Atlas 2 .
Martin's Civil Government
2
Glee and Chorus Book
2,3,4
The Euterpean
1,2
·
.
·
-
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
299
AUTHORIZED TEXT-BOOKS GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
REGULAR READERS.
Grade.
Monroe's New First Reader
2
Monroe's New Second Reader
3
Monroe's Third Reader
·
4
Monroe's New Third Reader
·
5
Monroe's New Fourth Reader
7
Franklin New First Reader .
2
Franklin New Second Reader
2
Franklin New Fourth Reader
6
Swinton's Second Reader
2
Swinton's Third Reader
4
Swinton's Fourth Reader
.
6
Swinton's Fifth Reader
.
9
Normal First Reader
1
Normal Second Reader
2
Normal Third Reader .
·
5
Normal Fourth Reader
.
7
Normal Fifth Reader
8
Holmes's Second Reader
3
Davis's Second Reader
3
Interstate Primer and First. Reader
·
1
Interstate Supplement .
1
Interstate Second Reader .
2
Riverside Primer and Reader .
1,2 .
Parker and Marvel's First Reader .
1
Parker and Marvel's Second Reader
2
Cyr's Primer
1
Cyr's First Reader
1
Monroe's Reading Chart
.
1
Appleton's Reading Chart
.
1
SPELLERS.
Harrington's Spellers,
.
.
.
.
·
.
·
.
·
.
1
300
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ARITHMETICS.
Grade. Wentworth and Reed's Primary Arithmetic, Desk Book 1, 2, 3
Greenleaf's First Lessons in Numbers . 2,3
Greanleaf's Brief Course in Arithmetic . 4, 5,6
Greenleaf's Complete Arithmetic . 7, 8,9
Greenleaf's Intellectual Arithmetic 6, 7, 8,9
Essentials of Arithmetic
4, 5,6
LANGUAGE BOOKS.
First Lessons in Language . . 5, 6
Elements of Composition and Grammar 7,8,9
GEOGRAPHIES.
Barnes's Elementary Geography 4 · .
Harper's Introductory Geography .
5, 6
Harper's School Geography .
. 7,8
Maury's Physical Geography
9
HISTORIES.
Eggleston's Elementary History . 6 ·
Montgomery's Beginners' American History .
7
Barnes's History of the United States
8,9
McCoun's Historical Charts and Manuals
. 8,9
MUSIC BOOKS.
Normal Music Charts 1, 2,3
Normal First Music Reader . . 2,3
Normal Second Music Reader
. 4, 5
New National Music Reader, No. 3 6,7
The Cecilian, Book 4 .
. 8, 9
WRITING BOOKS.
Appleton's .
The Business Standard
Harper's · ·
Normal System
301
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The Spencerian
Wells's Natural Movement Method . .
DRAWING BOOKS, ETC.
Prang's Drawing Course with Models . All grades.
Meservey's Single Entry Book-keeping
. 9
Mowry's Elements of Civil Government
9
PHYSIOLOGIES.
Physiology and Health, No. 1 · Health for Little Folks ·
Desk Book, 2, 3
. 4,5
Physiology and Health, No. 2 ·
·
6
Blaisdell's Physiology for Boys and Girls
. 7,8
SUPPLEMENTARY READERS.
GEOGRAPHY.
King's Geographical Reader, No. 1
Grade. 4
King's Geographical Reader, No. 2
Seven Little Sisters
.
Scribner's Geographical Reader
6
Each and All
·
5
Dunton's Our Country .
.
. 5
HISTORY.
Mrs. Monroe's Our Country 4 ·
Stories of American History
5
Noble Deeds of Our Ancestors
5
Pilgrims and Puritans .
7
Hawthorne's True Stories of New England History .
8
Egleston's Elementary History
.
6
Montgomery's Beginners' American History . 7
5,6 4
·
.
.
1
302
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SCIENCE.
Grade.
Wood's Natural History Reader, No. 1
3
Wood's Natural History Reader, No. 4
6
Wright's Nature Reader, No. 1 .
2,3
Wright's Nature Reader, No. 2
4
Information Readers
.
7
Bass's Nature Stories ·
2
Child's Book of Nature
6
Reading in Nature's Book
7
Monteith's Science Reader
8
Birds and Bees
9
LITERATURE.
Stickney's First Reader
1
Stickney's Second Reader
3
Stickney's Third Reader
4
Stickney's Fourth Reader
6
Stickney's Fifth Reader
7
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Desk book, 5
Æsop's Fables
4
Robinson Crusoe
Desk book, 6
King of the Golden River
7
Heroic Ballads
8
Irving's Sketch Book
.
9
Lamb's Tales of Shakspeare
9
Grimm's Tales
4
Hawthorne's Wonder Book .
8
Hawthorne's Stories
6
Jason's Quest
9
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Franklin Speaker
Columbian Speaker
Young American Speaker
Forbes's Five-minute Declamations
Forbes's Five-minute Readings
Carrington's Patriotic Speaker
Hoitt's Excellent Quotations.
.
·
·
.
Masterpieces of American Literature
9
.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
303
REFERENCE BOOKS.
Grade.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary .
9
Young Folks' Cyclopedia of Common Things 7,8
Young Folks' Cyclopedia of Persons and Places
7,8
International Cyclopedia
9
Lippincott's Gazetteer
9
Thomas's Biographical Dictionary 9
Barnes's, Butler's, Swinton's, and Warren's Geographies 8
All the modern United States Histories . ·
9
TEACHERS' DESK BOOKS.
Frye's Child and Nature
Parker's How to Study Geography ·
King's Methods in Geography
Lectures on School Hygiene
Wentworth and Reed's Primary Arithmetic
1, 2,3
First Lessons in Language
4
Dewey's Ethics
. 5, 6
Comegy's Ethics .
7,8
Physiology and Health No. 1
· 2,3
Health for Little Folks .
. 4,5
Physiology and Health, No. 2
6
Blaisdell's Physiology for Boys and Girls
7,8 ·
·
WALL MAPS.
Butler's ; Guyot's ; Hughes's ; Staniford's ; Johnson's.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 24, 1894. Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual Reports. Sent down for concurrence.
GEORGE I. VINCENT, Clerk.
Concurred in.
IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 25, 1894. WILLIAM P. MITCHELL, Clerk pro tex-
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, DEC. 31, 1893.
TRUSTEES.
CHARLES S. LINCOLN. ELIJAH C. CLARK.
CHRISTOPHER E. RYMES.
CHARLES A. WEST.
CHARLES H. BROWN.
J. HENRY FLITNER.
J. FRANK WELLINGTON. JAMES E. WHITAKER.
JOHN B. VIALL.
OFFICERS.
CHARLES S. LINCOLN, .
President.
CHARLES A. WEST, · . .
. Secretary.
COMMITTEES.
Building and Grounds. - RYMES, VIALL, BROWN, AND WELLINGTON.
Administration .- WHITAKER, WELLINGTON, AND CLARK.
Books and Catalogues .- LINCOLN, ex-officio, RYMES, WEST, VIALL, AND BROWN.
Finance .- FLITNER, CLARK, AND WHITAKER.
LIBRARIAN. JOHN S. HAYES.
ASSISTANTS.
ANNA L. STONE. MARY J. WARREN.
CATALOGUER.
F. MABEL NORCROSS.
308
ANNUAL REPORTS.
1
Names of those who have served on the Board of Trustees, since the Library was established in 1872.
Elected.
Retired.
John P. Marshall, President, 1872-75
1872
1875
Austin Belknap
1872
1875
Charles H. Guild, President, 1875-76
1875
1876
Quincy A. Vinal
1872
1877
Edward C. Booth
1872
1876
Michael J. Canavan
1872
1874
George O. Brastow
1872
1873
William H. Furber
1872
1876
Selwyn Z. Bowman .
1872
1873
Charles G. Pope
1873
1876
H. H. Barber, President, 1881-85
1873
1885
S. A. Carlton
1873
1876
Charles Lowe
1874
1874
William Veazie
1875
1885
William G. Toucey, President, 1876-81
1875
1884
T. J. Buffum
1876
1885
F. H. Raymond
1876
1879
A. M. Robinson
1876
1882
R. C. Downer
1876
1880
E. S. Conant
1876
1884
William HI. Brine
1877
1889
C. S. Lincoln, President, 1885-
1878
J. Henry Flitner
1880
C. E. Rymes
1882
William E. Weld
1884
1893
Mark F. Burns
1884
1885
George A. Bruce
1884
1892
Sanford Hanscom, M. D.
1885
1890
James E. Whitaker
1885
Elijah C. Clark
1889
Charles H. Brown
1889
John B. Viall
1890
Charles A. West
1892
J. Frank Wellington
1893
LIBRARIANS.
Isaac Pitman
1872
1875
Miss H. A. Adams
1875
1893
John S. Hayes
1893
1885
1889
CITY OF SOMERVILLE.
To the City Council of Somerville :-
GENTLEMEN,-During the year now closing the Public Library of Somerville has exerted its customary silent but beneficient in- fluences in the homes and schools of our city. Its interests have received increased attention from the Board of Trustees, and certain changes and improvements have either been made or planned to secure greater ease in the consultation and delivery of books, and to increase the efficiency of the library in all directions.
The trustees have for several years felt that they have been laboring under great disadvantage from the imperfect classification and arrangement, of the books thus far placed on the shelves. This has, in a large degree, resulted from the want of suitable room at the time the Public Library was instituted. The evil seemed to increase instead of diminish as the number of volumes multiplied, until at last, nothing but radical treatment seemed to the Board adequate to overcome the difficulties of the situation.
A reclassification of the library must be a gradual work, and if carried on while the ordinary duties of the librarian are be- ing performed, will require much time, skill, and patience.
A systematic plan has been devised by which it is expected that there will be very little interruption in the regular distribution and use of books, although it is not too much to say that some inconveniences will be temporarily felt.
The trustees feel that the proposed changes will require much labor of an important and peculiar character. The work to be done requires physical endurance as well as mental fitness, experi- ence and education. In the judgment of the Board, the services of a man were required to meet the demand of the situation. The Board feel that they are fortunate in securing the services of Mr. John S. Hayes as librarian.
310
ANNUAL REPORTS.
He has the requisite qualifications for the position. He is well known in the community, and by experience, habits, and tastes, is well adapted to the peculiar work he will be called upon to per- form. His experience as a teacher for many years in the public schools in this city, his wide knowledge of literature, his familiarity with American history, and his interest in the Public Library, will enable him to render valuable services in all directions. His elec- tion took effect July 1, 1893, he has entered upon his work with enthusiasm.
In making choice of a new librarian for reasons of such paramount importance, the action of the trustees will not be regard- ed as derogatory to our former librarian, Miss Harriet A. Adams. During the many years she has occupied the position she has won the approbation of every Board of Trustees for the singular faithfulness and ability with which she has performed her duties. It was with keen regret that the present Board felt compelled to part with her services as librarian, but they realized that here was a new work, requiring peculiar experience and differing from the ordinary routine of duties in which she had been engaged.
The trustees respectfully and earnestly again make their appeal to the City Council for the means to satisfy the needs of the Public Library for the coming year.
In a rapidly growing city, even the ordinary demands of & library, and the expenses of administration must necessarily in- crease from year to year. These demands must be met. The con- stant waste from the wear and tear of books is great and in- evitable. This waste must be repaired. There are always ex- penses to be incurred which cannot be regarded in the nature of fixed charges, nor always anticipated, such as extraordinary repairs and supplies.
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