Report of the city of Somerville 1893, Part 16

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 680


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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-


-


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.


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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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