Report of the city of Somerville 1906, Part 19

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 552


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1


Elizabeth L. Hersey,


11 E. Newton st., Boston


EDGERLY.


9


CHARLES E. BRAINARD, Master,


82 Munroe st.


9


M. Eva Warren,


116 Pearl st.


9 8


Annie L. Dimpsey,


Hotel Woodbridge.


8


Mabel Washburn,


116 Pearl st.


Mabel C. Mansfield,


35 Bradley st.


7 7 Isabelle M. Gray,


23 Webster st


Edith M. Snell,


4 Vine st., Melrose.


G. Hortense Pentecost,


151 Walnut st.


J. Louise Smith,


196 Washington st., Lynn.


Lillian Nealley,


109 Glen st.


Alice W. Cunningham,


42 Highland ave.


1


Martha M. Power,


37 Gleason st., West Medford.


JACOB T. GLINES.


9 9 9


Mary E. Stiles,


15 Evergreen ave.


Nellie E. Briggs,


13 Evergreen ave.


Mary A. Lawry,


118 Rogers ave.


8 7 Blanche S. Hall,


398 Broadway.


Lilla M. Marble,


72 Rush st.


Zelpha L. Thayer,


19 Lowell st., Reading.


Ellen A. Boynton,


45 Dartmouth st.


Mary A. Goddard,


9 Winter Hill Circle.


Margaret A. Orr,


15 Blagden st., Boston.


Florence E. Baxter,


49 Hudson st.


1-2 1


Carrie Armitage,


57 Madison st.


1 * Belle J. Tifft,


201 School st.


Mrs. Etta D. Ellsworth,


112 Newbury st., Boston.


Ida M. Kane,


28 Fellsway West.


9 9 9


Mary E. Bunton,


82 Marshall st.


Irene S. Nightingale,


14 Court st., Arlington.


8


Jessie M. Lockwood,


463 Medford st.


Mary C. Buck,


28 Kidder ave.


8 7 Minnie A. Day,


Chelmsford.


7


Emma G. Blanchard,


" The Prescott," Everett.


6 Mina P. Bickford,


216 Park st., Medford.


6


Elizabeth F. Clement,


29 Kidder ave.


5


Mary I. Bradish,


54 Logan ave., Medford.


5


Elizabeth S. Brown,


19 Highland ave.


4


Laura R. Cunningham,


42 Highland ave.


Gertrude M. Sias,


37 Wordsworth st., East Boston.


E. Mina Smith,


2 Pembroke st.


32 Marshall st.


108 Cross st.


2 Martha L. Hale,


144 Highland ave.


1 Grace Shorey,


23 Forster st.


1


Cora J. Demond,


"The Prescott," Everett.


6 5 4-5 4 3 2


Anna G. Welch,


324 Main st., Stoneham.


Kindergarten Assistant


FORSTER.


FRED C. BALDWIN, Master,


63 Sycamore st.


MARY E. NORTHUP, Master,


15 Evergreen ave.


6 5 4 3 2


Mary E. Richardson,


35 Bradley st.


Daisy W. Cushman,


Angeline Cann,


4 3 3 Annie S. Gage, 2 Mabel G. Delano,


* Leave of absence for one year.


SCHOOL, DEPARTMENT.


241


TABLE 29 .- Teachers in Service January, 1907 .- Continued.


Grade.


NAME.


Residence.


BINGHAM.


9


HARRY F. HATHAWAY, Principal,


505 Broadway 475 Medford st.


9 8


Elizabeth J. Mooney,


14 Waldo st.


Jane Batson,


32 Florence st., Malden.


6


Mabel E. Perry,


23 Albion st.


5


Lucy K. Hatch,


103 Glenwood rd.


5


Harriet F. Ward,


84 Sycamore st.


4


Eva M. Barrows,


118 Rogers ave.


4


Helen L. Galvin,


Braintree.


3


Harriet M. Bell,


81 Central st.


3 2


Grace F. Mulcahy,


143 Sycamore st.


2


Mary F. Mead,


415 Highland ave.


1


Nellie R. Bray,


7 Jasper st.


1


Mabel E. Mansir,


77 Albion st.


1


Clara L. Griffiths,


39 Ames st.


MARTIN W. CARR.


9 9


CHARLES G. HAM, Master,


Watertown. 53 Laurel st.


8 8


Clara D. Eddy,


61 Central st.


7


May E. Berry,


14 Billingham st.


7


Harriet A. Hills,


14 Billingham st.


6


Marion P. Crawford,


124 Summer st.


5


Susie L. Luce,


8 Walter ter.


3,


Grace T. Merritt,


47 Cherry st.


3 '2 2


Florence M. Dearborn,


63 Preston rd.


1


Gertrude Friend,


16 Park ave.


1 Annie B. Russell,


45 Russell st.


9


MINA J. WENDELL, Master,


211-A Summer st.


9


Alice E. Jones.


51 Laurel st. 51 Laurel st.


8


M. Florence Eustis,


8 Clara A. Ball,


12 State st., Cambridge.


7 Minnie E. Haas,


240 West Newton st., Boston.


7 Lennie W. Bartlett,


35 Norway st., Boston.


6 Emma A. Gilman,


130 Huntington ave., Boston.


*Anna E. Sawyer,


26 Bow st.


5


Lizzie E. Hill,


35 Norway st., Boston.


4 Alice B. Hazelton,


124 Summer st.


3 Agnes C. Rice,


20 Spring Hill terrace. 71 Craigie st.


2 Ardelle Abbott,


1 Mildred M. Moses,


6 Hillside cir.


Grace S. Russell, 1


1097 Broadway.


.


5 Mary A. Haley, Elizabeth S. Foster,


99 Summer st.


4 4 3


Florence B. Howland,


6 Highland ave.


L. Isadore Wood,


53 Laurel st.


Ethel F. Morang,


157 Lowell st.


Mary E. Soule,


124 Summer st.


6


Marie T. Smith,


87 Orchard st.


117 Summer st.


Anne E. Bragdon,


13 Mills st., Malden.


Bessie J. Baker,


6 Naomi E. Stevens,


134 Austin st., Cambridge.


Elizabeth J. O'Neil,


MORSE.


*Leave of absence for one year.


242


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 29 .- Teachers in Service January, 1907 .- Continued.


Grade.


NAME.


Residence.


GEORGE O. PROCTOR.


6


Nora F. Byard, Principal,


7 5


Blanche E. Thompson,


108 School st.


42 Boston st.


4 Abbie A Gurney,


28 Bonner ave.


4,3


Ella P. McLeod,


32 Chiarnwood rd.


3


Clara L. Hammond,


62 Chandler st.


Edith L. Hunnewell,


23 Milton st.


2,1


Mary S. Richardson,


13 Bartlett st. /


1


L. Margaret Potter,


229 Highland ave.


GEORGE W. DURELL.


4 3 2


Lucie H. Chamberlain.


35 Laurel st.


Ethel Worcester,


24 Brastow ave.


1


Mary Winslow,


38 Spring st.


BURNS.


7 6


Cara M. Johnson,


130 Park ave., Arlington Heights.


5


Minnie S. Turner,


153 Lowell st.


4


Elizabeth A. Davies,


230 Morrison ave.


3


A. L. Brown,


281 Summer st.


2


Mary E. Lacy,


63 Cherry st.


1,2 1


Alice E. Morang,


157 Lowell st.


BENJAMIN G. BROWN.


6


ANNIE G. SMITH, Principal,


24 Florence st., Malden.


5


Grace J. Alexander,


60 College ave.


Edna M. Proctor,


93 Revere st., Boston.


4 3 Lucy M. Curtis,


77 Walnut st.


Grace M. Bliss,


78 Summer st.


2 1


Ida M. Record,


29 Browning rd.


Assistant


Rena H. Wiley,


16 Fosket st.


HIGHLAND.


18 Bay State rd.


9


M. Alice Paul,


122 Orchard st.


9 Edna F. Grant,


15 Day st.


8,9 P. E. Mathews,


201 Morrison ave.


8 N. Irene Ellis,


15 Kidder ave.


8 Grace M. Clark,


10 Vernon st., West Medford.


7,8 Jennie P. Chapman,


23 Pleasant st., Woburn.


7


Lois M. Thompson, Edith G. Watts,


201 Morrison ave.


6 Mary L. Bryant,


38 Chandler st.


6 Sarah E. Pray,


126 Orchard st.


5 Mary H. Joyce,


76 Boston st.


5 Lillian F. Richardson,


33 Wallace st.


124 Summer st.


ABIGAIL P. HAZELTON, Principal,


LAURA J. BROOKS, Principal,


31 Stevens st., Stoneham.


Emma B. Jones,


18 Sargent ave.


AARON B. PALMER, MASTER,


15 Day st.


7


Alice G. Hosmer,


243


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 29 .- Teachers in Service January, 1907 .- Continued.


Grade.


NAME.


Residence.


WM. H. HODGKINS.


9


ARTHUR L. DOE, Master,


86 Chandler st.


9


Alice M. Winslow,


16 Park ave.


9 8


Edith W. Emerson,


135 Central st.


8


Alice S. Hall,


135 Central st.


7 Lilla E. Mann,


4 Park ave.


7


Josephine T. Field,


62 Chandler st.


6 6


Beatrice A. Randall,


96 College ave.


5


Flora A. Burgess,


Arlington Heights.


5


Catherine A. Burden,


404 Highland ave.


4


Genieve R. Barrows,


Waban, Mass.


4


Katherine M. Fox,


Stoneham.


2


Jennie M. Patterson,


17 Avon st.


2,1


Marion I. Noyes,


22 Dover st.


3


ELIZA H. LUNT, Principal,


50 Curtis st.


3 2 1


Almena J. Mansir,


77 Albion st.


Annie H. Hall,


97 College ave.


Assistant


Nona Blackwell,


45 Ibbetson st.


4 4 3 3


MAY E. SMALL, Principal,


12 Day st., Cambridge.


Stella M. Holland,


46 Chester st.


Alice M. Dorman,


201 Morrison ave.


2


Jane M. Taaffe,


159 Morrison ave.


2 Katherine E. Hourahan,


12 Grove st.


1


Clara G. Hegan,


100 School st.


1


Martha A. Jencks,


62 Chandler st.


EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.


GEORGE W. EARLE, High.


CHARLES T. MURRAY, Prescott. JOHN S. EMERSON, Bell.


HARRY F. HATHAWAY, Forster.


CHARLES E. BRAINARD, Highland.


Etta M. Miller,


151 Walnut st.


Gertrude W. Leighton,


85 Central st.


LINCOLN.


Charlotte F. Mott,


117 Falmouth st., Boston.


MARTHA PERRY LOWE.


Maude C. Valentine,


1098 Broadway.


244


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 29. - Teachers in Service January, 1907. - Concluded.


Grade.


NAME.


Residence.


SPECIAL TEACHERS.


MUSIC.


7-13


S. Henry Hadley,


6-1


Charlotte D. Lawton,


DRAWING.


9-1


Mary L. Patrick,


Newtonville.


SEWING.


8-5


Mary L. Boyd,


8-5


Emma J. Ellis,


43 Tennyson st. 54 Marshall st.


8-5


Bertha P. Paul,


23 Monmouth st.


PENMANSHIP.


9-1


Wm. A. Whitehouse,


70


ASSISTANT IN PROCTOR, BURNS, LOWE.


Flora M. Smith,


138 Lowell st.


TABLE 30 .- OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE JANUARY, 1907.


NAME.


Residence.


SUPERINTENDENT.


Gordon A. Southworth,


40 Greenville st.


CLERKS.


Cora S. Fitch, Mary A. Clark,


75 Benton rd. 42 Highland ave.


TRUANT OFFICERS.


Lemuel H. Snow, Jairus Mann,


75 Benton road. 80 Porter st.


-


46 Pearl st. 11 East Newton st., Boston


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


245


TABLE 31. - SCHOOL JANITORS, JANUARY, 1907.


School.


Name.


Residence.


Latin High, S


Joseph Young


51 Oxford St.


Latin Annex


William H. Kelley


25 Aldrich St.


English High, S


Lewis G. Keene


30 Berkeley St.


Prescott, S, 12


George A. McGunnigle


50 Pearl St.


Hanscom, S, 6


Warren Hallett


153 Walnut St.


Davis, F, 4


.


N. L. Pennock


54 Putnam St.


Bennett, S, 12


Daniel T. Campbell


10 Stone Ave.


Baxter, S, 6


Israel Winterbottom


2 Bolton St.


Knapp, S, 12


John C. Sampson


40 School St.


Berry, S, 6


Henry C. Bradford


72 Boston St.


Pope, F, 12


Hiram A. Turner F. S. Dickinson


1 Putnam St.


Cummings, F, 4


William T. Higgins


53 Prescott St.


Edgerly, S, 12


Charles P. Horton


22 Everett Ave.


Glines, S, 14


Roy C. Burckes John H. Kelley


19 Sycamore St.


Forster .


146-R Sycamore St.


Bingham, S, 16


James L. Whitaker John F. O'Brien James W. Rich


347 Lowell St. 206 Highland Ave.


Morse, F, 12


John W. Cremen


69 Oxford St.


Proctor, S, 8


George W. Libby John Shea


215 Pearl St. 97 Gilman St.


Burns, S, 8


Charles Gallaway O. M. Pote


160 Hudson St. 23 Howe St.


Highland, F, 12


E. Parker Cook


398 Highland Ave.


Hodgkins, S, 14


Andrew B. Colesworthy


Lowe, S, 8


John F. Richardson


33 Simpson Ave. 190 Morrison Ave.


Lincoln, S, 4


.


Thomas C. Dame.


1 Ellsworth St.


Buildings heated by steam are marked "S," by furnace "F." The numbers show the number of rooms.


The high schools are heated bv a single plant in Latin building. .


16 Gibbens St.


Bell, S, 12 .


249 School St.


Forster, S, 18


Carr, S, 16 .


Durell, S, 4


Brown, S, 6


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS. OF THE SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1906. Trustees.


EDWARD C. BOOTH, M. D. JOHN B. VIALL.


IRVING G. HALL.


FREDERICK W. PARKER.


THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D.


WILLIAM L. BARBER.


REV. CHARLES L. NOYES.


Officers.


EDWARD C. BOOTH, M. D. .


· President


SAM WALTER FOSS


·


.


.


. Secretary


Committees.


Building and Grounds -Viall, Wellington, and Hall. Administration -Wellington, Parker, and Durell.


Books and Catalogues - Booth, Viall, Moore, Hall, Noyes, and Durell. Finance - Parker, Moore, and Barber.


Librarian. SAM WALTER FOSS.


Assistant Librarian. FLORENCE D. HURTER.


Cataloguer. ESTHER M. MAYHEW.


Assistant Cataloguer.


EDITH B. HAYES.


Children's Librarian.


ANNA L. STONE.


School Librarian.


MARY S. WOODMAN.


Reference and Art Librarian. MABEL E. BUNKER.


BESSIE L. DUDDY. NELLIE M. WHIPPLE. ALICE W. SEARS.


CHARLES A. PERRY. F. STUART DEAN.


Assistants.


FLORENCE M. BARBER. CHARLOTTE R. LOWELL. RAYMAH H. SMITH.


Attendants. SAXTON C. Foss. CECIL M. BARLOW.


Janitor.


CHARLES A. SOUTHWICK.


J. FRANK WELLINGTON. HOWARD D. MOORE.


PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCOUNT.


Receipts and Expenditures for 1906.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$14,500 00


Dog tax


4,376 83


Lothrop, Lee & Shepard .


3 00


School Contingent account Fines, etc.


846 25


Total


$19,733 07


DEBIT.


Books and periodicals


$6,362 04


Binding


2,053 05


Cards


125 00


Printing


357 60


Stationery


66 08


Salaries


9,547 87


Agencies


524 61


Express


336 57


Postage


20 00


Telephone


48 89


Supplies


70 32


Binders


18 35


A. L. A. membership


5 00


Typewriter


97 50


Ice


13 45


Desk


5 00


Disbursements


68 75


Pictures


6 00


Total


$1,726 08


Balance unexpended .


6 99


Total


$19,733 07


Isaac Pitman Art Fund.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1905


$84 45


Interest July 1, American Telephone & Telegraph Co.


80 00


Interest December 31, American Telephone & Telegraph Co.


80 00


Total


$244 45


DEBIT.


Books and pictures purchased in 1906


$99 37


Balance carried to 1907


145 08


Total


$244 45


Isaac Pitman Poetry Fund.


CREDIT.


Balance from 1905


$58 39


Interest July 1, American Telephone & Telegraph Co.


20 00


Interest December 31, American Telephone & Telegraph


Co.


20 00


Total


$98 39


Books purchased in 1906 .


$21 88


Balance carried to 1907


76 51


Total


$98 39


DEBIT.


6 99


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.


To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-The annual report of the trustees of the public library is herewith respectfully submitted.


This has been an uneventful but busy year in the annals of the library. Few new features have been inaugurated, and the work has been conducted mainly along the lines of the last few years.


By reference to the report of the librarian, which is appended to, and made a part of this report to your honorable body, the doings of the library will be seen in detail.


The entire circulation of the library for the year at the cen- tral building and the various agencies was 410,538 vol- umes, an increase over that of the previous year of upwards of 18,000. This increase was made principally in the first five months of the year, for during the remaining months, for some unknown reason, there has been a slight comparative falling off in the volume of business. Slightly less than seventy per cent. of the books given out were works of fiction-a somewhat smaller percentage than has been noted for several years.


The school work of the library has been carried on as usual, and in addition, the entire collection of stereographs, compris- ing some 1,500 views in twenty-seven sets, was withdrawn for a tinie from general circulation and devoted to the use of the schools-principally in connection with the studies of the seventh and cighth grades.


During the year fourteen traveling picture galleries have been exhibited at the library. These pictures, excellent photo- graphs, and full and instructive in the subjects of which they treat, are well worth the careful examination of the public, but being necessarily displayed in the second story of the building, have not received the notice which their value merits.


The library began in February furnishing books to the Som- erville hospital. The result has been a happy one, and numer- ous patients have been thereby relieved of the tedium of a long and enforced absence from their regular employments.


The meeting of the American Library Association was held this summer at Narragansett Pier. The unusual nearness of this notable gathering enabled most of the members of the library staff to be present, each for one or two days of the week of the meeting, and we feel sure that all must have been stimu- lated by the able papers read and discussed and by contact with such a body of enthusiastic library workers.


F


249


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


The subject of the loss of books in consequence of throw- ing open the library alcoves to the public has been given serious attention by the trustees. This system of free access has been in operation for five years and has added greatly to the pleasure and profit of the users of the library; indeed, it has probably been the subject of more public commendation than any other policy inaugurated by the trustees. The children's library, es- tablished in 1898, has always been open to its users, and the chil- dren have long been in the habit of consulting the shelves before deciding what books to select. Doubtless, both of these classes of borrowers would be most unwilling to relinquish the privi- leges which they have so long enjoyed, and the trustees, them- selves, would be loth to take the long step backward which the revocation of these privileges would signify; but they cannot view with indifference the considerable loss of books which this system entails. One hundred and seventy-two books disap- peared from the children's room during the year 1905. Most of these are of small value, and their loss will not be greatly felt, besides it is probable that many have been taken thoughtlessly by careless children ; but the same extenuation cannot be granted to those who have removed some hundreds of books from the shelves of the main stack rooms. These include works from every department, even several on theology being among the number. It is probable that this list of lost books will later be cut down from twenty-five to fifty per cent. ; nevertheless, in spite of the warning that a citizen of Somerville has been imprisoned for a systematic stealing of books, in spite of the vigilance of the assistants at the turnstiles, and of the police officer of the build- ing, and notwithstanding that the perforating stamp of the library renders the books abstracted worthless for the purpose of sale,- the fact still remains that some in the community are constantly pilfering from the shelves! The question is, shall the privileges of the many be revoked or curtailed because a few are unworthy of the confidence reposed in them?


The question of greater library facilities for the people of West Somerville has agitated the minds of the trustees for several years and has been touched upon in the last three annual reports. This part of the city has been and is growing very rapidly. The extension of electric lines and the proximity of the entire region to the steam railroads has developed this section to a degree and with a rapidity astonishing to those who have not kept in touch with these changes. Three of the six agencies are located in West Somerville, and they do five-sevenths of the entire business done by the agencies. This showing speaks for itself. The agency at Davis Square, called the West Somerville agency, has for some time been unsatisfactorily housed. Patrons, if they come in any considerable numbers, are unlikely to receive the proper attention, assistance, and encouragement at a store in a busy square where the clerks have varied and incongruous du- ties. In view of these considerations the trustees believe that


250


ANNUAL REPORTS.


better accommodations should be given to the people of this dis- trict and are unanimous in recommending that a separate room be hired in the vicinity of Davis square and properly fitted up, in which shall be placed magazines, papers, and such a stock of books as shall seem to be advisable, and the room be put in charge of a regular assistant. We believe that such an arrange- ment will meet the present requirements of the people of West Somerville and will be satisfactory to the citizens.


The trustees were pleased to meet members of the city council at the library on the evening of May 1, after the cere- mony of the unveiling of the portraits of the late Mr. Cole and Mr. Vincent, and trust that they may have further opportunities of meeting members of the city council and other citizens of Somerville, and showing them the manner and extent of the work that the library is doing for the people.


In view of the increasing cost of maintaining the library, the trustees would respectfully ask for an appropriation of $16,000, and the dog tax for the ensuing year. And in case the city government should see fit to adopt the recommendations of the board for the establishment of a branch reading room and distributing agency at West Somerville, that $1,500 be appro- priated for its support.


To the regret of the trustees, Miss Adele Smith, the assistant librarian, resigned her office in October after a conscientious and valued service of eight years. She was succeeded by Miss Flor- ence D. Hurter, who has been connected with the library for seven years, and has well deserved promotion.


It remains for us again to commend the zeal and faithful- ness of our librarian and the courtesy of the assistants and their devotion to the work.


Respectfully submitted for the board of trustees,


EDWARD C. BOOTH, President.


REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.


3


To the Trustees of the Somerville Public Library :-


I herewith submit the librarian's thirty-fourth annual report. Below is a statement in detail relative to the various depart- ments.


The Cataloguing Department.


The cataloguing department, under the supervision of Miss Esther M. Mayhew, has accomplished the usual amount of work demanded by the needs of the library and its agencies. The work of the department embraces the keeping up to date of the general catalogue, the catalogue in the children's room, the cata- logue in the reference room, the shelf-list, and catalogues at the Teele-square and the Davis-square agencies. An additional set of cards has also been prepared during the past three years for all new books purchased by the library during that period. These cards have been filed away and are now ready, as soon as a suitable cabinet has been purchased, to be placed in some one of our agencies. It is no more than just that these cards should be given to that agency, now unsupplied with a catalogue, which does the greatest amount of business. On this basis they should be given to the Highland agency, and I recommend that a card catalogue be installed in this agency as early in the com- ing year as it can be conveniently prepared. Cataloguing is a very important function of the work of the library, but with open access to the shelves the various catalogues are not used to the extent they were formerly employed. As soon as the people once learn that the books are arranged in an orderly way upon the shelves, systematically according to their classes, they much prefer to consult the books themselves rather than names of books printed on catalogue cards.


Catalogues are still very essential for scholarly and reference purposes in a public library ; but in a library where open access prevails their use is very much diminished.


Below are the statistics of books withdrawn from the library, books added to the library. and books bound by the library dur- ing the year :-


Books Added.


Accession number January 1, 1906 .. 66 1907


81,520


Total number of books added during 1906 .


5,980


Books new to library


2,998


Duplicates


2,982


Total number withdrawn


11,780


Total number of books in library .


75,720


87,500


252


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Binding.


Volumes rebound


4,551


Periodicals bound


347


Paper-covered books bound


50


Pamphlets


34


Total


4,982


Books Withdrawn.


Number of books worn out


lost by general readers .


1,026


burned on account of infectious exposure


67


lost in schools .


134


reported missing at inventory


725


Total number withdrawn


2,001


Total number of books withdrawn to January 1, 1906


9,779


66


during 1906 .


2,001


Total


11,780


School Department.


The school department, under the supervision of Miss Mary S. Woodman, has done efficient and satisfactory work. The sending out of stereoscopic exhibits to the various schoolrooms has given excellent satisfaction to the teachers and school authorities. These stereoscopic views have been brought to a high state of artistic excellence, and furnish great supplementary assistance to the study of geography. Twenty-seven sets of these views have been used during the past year in sixty-one schoolrooms. If views of Africa, South America, and large sec- tions of Asia outside the bounds of ordinary tourist travel could be supplied, the value of these exhibits would be greatly en- hanced. We have now been making large purchases for the school department for a period exceeding eight years, and we are consequently able to supply the ordinary needs of the teach- ers and the schools. At the end of the year, however, our supply of books is so exhausted that the teachers have a rather meagre list from which to make their selections. Though the demand for increased addition of books to this department is not so urgent as it formerly was, I recommend that, for a few years, we continue to make our usual addition to its collection, in order that there may always be an adequate surplus of books on the shelves from which the teachers may choose their school libra- ries.


Below are the statistics of this department for the year :-


Books in library


7,111


Increase during year


697


Libraries out


147


Volumes out


5,913


Volumes delivered


7,400


49


253


PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Circulation during year :-


Fiction


49,012


Non-fiction


58,785


Total


107,797


Reference and Art Department.


The reference and art department, under the supervision of Miss Mabel E. Bunker, has passed through a successful year.


Below is given the monthly attendance for the year :-


January


1,242


February


1,170


March


1,059


April


917


May


686


June


471


July


459


August


406


September


652


October


1,205


November


1,252


December


662


Total


10,181


During the year there have been fourteen art exhibitions, as follows :-


The Passion Play at Oberammergau, 1900, with scenery of Upper Bavaria.


Paris, No. 1, Ile de la cite.


Florence, No. 5.


Old Boston.


Famous pictures, No. 5.


Japan.


Up the Rhine.


Velasquez.


Plymouth.


Scotland, No. 2.


New Zealand.


Mexico.


Yellowstone National Park, No. 2.


Florence, No. 3.


Some of the books purchased during the year for this de- partment :-


Addison's The Art of the Dresden Gallery.


Barrington's Reminiscences of G. F. Watts.


Bell's Old Pewter.


Binn's The First Century of English Porcelain.


Biographical Congressional Directory, 1774-1903.


Boulton's Thomas Gainsborough.


Browne's Japan, the Place and the People. Calthrope's English Costume.


Cook's France, Historic and Romantic.


Cram's Impressions of Japanese Architecture.


Cyclopedia of Drawing, two volumes.


254


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Fairholt's Costume in England, two volumes.


Frantz's French Pottery and Porcelain.


Hartmann's Japanese Art.


Jackson's Mural Painting.


Mauclair's The Great French Painters.


Menpes' India.


Molloy's Sir Joshua and His Circle.


Moore's Old Pewter, Brass, Copper, and Sheffield Plate.


Murray's Highroad of Empire.


Nesbit's Algeria and Tunis.


Spielmann's British Sculpture and Sculptors of To-day.


Stevens' Genealogy.




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