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Practical German Grammar, Thomas.
Robinson, der Jangere, Campe. Henry Holt & Co.
D. C. Heath & Co.
Syllabus, Bierwirth. Henry Holt & Co.
Wilhelm Tell, Schiller (Carruth) Macmillan Company
Wilhelm Tell, Schiller (Deering) D. C. Heath & Co.
French.
Athalie, Racine D. C. Heath & Co.
Beginner's French, Francois American Book Company
Causeries en France, Pattou. D. C. Heath & Co.
Complete French, Chardenal. . Allyn & Bacon
Contes et Nouvelles, Lazarre .D. C. Heath & Co.
Contes et Légendes, Guerber. American Book Company
Colomba, Merimée. D. C. Heath & Co.
Contemporary French Authors, Mellé. .Ginn & Co.
Conversational Reader, Bierman and Frank. Allyn & Bacon Dix Contes Modernes. Ginn & Co. Elements of French, Aldrich and Foster. Ginn & Co.
Exercises in French Syntax and Composition, Bouvet,
Exercises in French Composition, Koren. D. C. Heath & Co.
Fleurs de France, Fontaine. ... Henry Holt & Co.
D. C. Heath & Co.
French Composition, Grandgent.
D. C. Heath & Co.
French Dictionary, Heath .. D. C. Heath & Co.
French Newspaper Reader, edited by Felix Weill,
American Book Company
French Reader, Super. D. C. Heath & Co.
French Grammar, Frasier and Squair D. C. Heath Co.
French Reader, Aldrich and Foster. Ginn & Co.
First Scientific Reader, Bowen .. D. C. Heath & Co.
Guy de Maupassant, Selections from Ginn & Co. Histoire de la Littérature Française, Duval. D. C. Heath & Co. Introductory French Prose Composition, François,
American Book Company
L'Abbé Constantin, Halevy. D. C. Heath & Co.
L'Avare, Molière.
Henry Holt & Co.
L'Abbe Daniel, Theuriet .. Henry Holt & Co.
L'Enfant de la Lune, Mairet. American Book Company
L'Evasion du Duc de Beaufort, Dumas .. D. C. Heath & Co.
La Bataille des Dames, Scribe et Legouvé. D. C. Heath & Co.
La Belle Nivernaise, Daudet. D. C. Heath & Co.
La Chute, Hugo .. .D. C. Heath & Co.
La Cigale Chez les Fourmis, Legouvé and Labiche,
D. C. Heath & Co.
Le Français et la Patrie, Talbot. B. H. Sanborn & Co. La Mare au Diable, Sand. .D. C. Heath & Co.
La Mère de la Marquise, About Jenkins Company
La Mère Michel et Son Chat, Bedolliere. . Ginn & Co.
La Petite Fadette, Sand D. C. Heath & Co. La Poudre aux Yeux, Labiche et Martin. Henry Holt & Co. La Tache du Petit Pierre, Moiret. American Book Company
La Tulipe Noire. Dumas. D. C. Heath & Co. Hachette
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Moliére.
Le Cid, Corneille. D. C. Heath & Co.
Le Livre de Mon Ami, Anatole France. Henry Holt & Co.
Lectures Historiques, Emma Moffett D. C. Heath & Co.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Le Malade Imaginaire, Moliére. Ginn & Co.
Le Main Malheureux, Anonymous D. C. Heath & Co.
Le Petit Chose, Daudet .. D. C. Heath & Co.
Le Roi des Montagnes, About. D. C. Heath & Co.
Le Siège de Berlin et Autres Contes,. Daudet. . Jenkins Company Le Siège de Paris, Sarcey .. D. C. Heath & Co.
Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours, Verne,
D. C. Heath & Co.
Le Violon de Faience, Champfleury. D. C. Heath & Co.
Le Voyage de M. Perrichon, Labiche et Martin,
D. C. Heath & Co.
Les Contes de Fées, Joynes D. C. Heath & Co.
Les Misérables, Hugo. . Ginn & Co.
Les Oberlé, Rene Bazin. Henry Holt & Co.
Les Précieuses Ridicules, Molière.
D. C. Heath & Co.
Les Premiéres Lectures, Lazare .. Ginn & Co.
Les Trois Mousquetaires, Dumas. Ginn & Co.
Madame Thérèse, Erckmann-Chatrian. Ginn & Co.
Madame de Sévigné, Selected Letters of, Syms,
American Book Company
Mademoiselle de la Seiglière, Sandeau. .Henry Holt & Co.
Monte Cristo, Dumas.
D. C. Heath & Co.
Michel Strogoff, Verne.
Henry Holt & Co.
Modern French Lyrics, Bowen.
D. C. Heath & Co.
Napoléon, Fortier Ginn & Co.
Peppino, Ventura. Jenkins Company
Quatre-Vingt Treize, Hugo. ... Ginn & Co.
Readings from French History, Super Allyn & Bacon
Sans Famille, Malot. D. C. Heath & Co.
Simplicité, Tuckerman .. American Book Company
Selections for Sight Translation, Bruce. D. C. Heath & Co.
Simple French, François and Gibraud. Henry Holt & Co.
Latin.
Caesar's Gallic Wars, Harkness and Forbes, American Book Company
Caesar's Gallic Wars, Allen and Greenough. . Ginn & Co.
Caesar's Gallic Wars, Kelsey. Allyn & Bacon
Cicero's Orations, Kelsey .. Allyn & Bacon
Cicero's Orations, Allen and Greenough. . Ginn & Co.
Essentials of Latin, Pearson. .. American Book Company
Fabulae Faciles, Ritchie-Kirkland. Longmans, Green & Co.
Gate to Caesar, Collar.
Ginn & Co.
Gate to Vergil, Gleason. Ginn & Co.
Latin Composition, Bennett.
Allyn & Bacon
Latin Composition, Daniell
Sanborn & Co.
Latin for Beginners, D'Ooge.
Ginn & Co.
Latin Grammar, Allen and Greenough.
Ginn & Co.
Latin Grammar, Bennett
Allyn & Bacon
Latin Grammar, Harkness
American Book Company
Latin Prose, Pearson ...
American Book Company
Metamorphoses .(Ovid), Gleason.
American Book Company
Metamorphoses (Ovid), Peck.
American Book Company
Practical Latin Composition, Collar
Ginn & Co.
Sight Reading, Tomlinson. . Ginn & Co.
Vergil, Comstock. Allyn & Bacon
Vergil, Greenough and Kittredge. Ginn & Co.
Greek.
Anabasis (Xenophon's), Goodwin and White, !! :... , Ginn & Co.
Cornelius Nepos, Lindsay
American Book Company
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
First Greek Book, White. Ginn & Co.
Greek Grammar, Goodwin. Ginn & Co.
Greek Reader, Goodwin .. Ginn & Co.
Greek Composition, Woodruff. Sibley & Co.
Hellenica, Xenophon, Manatt. Ginn & Co.
Iliad, Seymour, Books I-III, I-VI. Ginn & Co.
Iliad, Benner, Selections. D. Appleton & Co.
Lexicon, Siddell and Scott. American Book Company
Spanish.
All Spanish Method, First and Second Books, Guillermo Hall,
World Book Company
A Spanish Grammar, Hills and Ford. .D. C. Heath & Co.
A Spanish Reader, Bransby .. .D. C. Heath & Co.
Introduccion a la Lengua Castellana, Des Garennes,
Modelo de Cartas Comerciales, L. Oliver D. C. Heath & Co.
.F. Granado Y. C'a
Spanish Commercial Reader, Harrison.
.. Ginn & Co.
Spanish Composition, Crawford. Henry Holt & Co.
Spanish Grammar, complete, Olmsted and Gordon,
Henry Holt & Co.
Spanish Prose Composition, Umphrey. American Book Company
Spanish Tales for Beginners, Hills. Henry Holt & Co.
Gil Blas de Santillano, Geddes and Josselyn. D. C. Heath & Co.
Marianela, Geddes and Josselyn .. D. C. Heath & Co.
A Trip to South America, Waxman. .D. C. Heath & Co.
Spanish Correspondence, Harrison. Henry Holt & Co.
Miscellaneous.
Bible
Classical Atlas
Collegiate Dictionary
Silver, Burdett & Co.
Euterpean, Tufts ...
Glee and Chorus Book
International Dictionary, Webster
Laurel Song Book, Tomlins C. C. Birchard & Co.
Mechanical Drawing, Tracy Harper & Brothers
Standard Dictionary
School Song Book, Students' Edition C. C. Birchard & Co.
Textiles, Dooley.
D. C. Heath & Co.
Worcester's Dictionary (small)
Webster's Dictionary (small)
AUTHORIZED BOOKS FOR GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Arithmetic.
First Journeys in Numberland, Harris, Waldo. Scott, Foresman & Co. First Lessons in Numbers. . B. H. Sanborn & Co. Progressive Mental Arithmetic, Gifford, Books I, II, Thompson, Brown Company
Walton and Holmes' Arithmetic, Books I-IV, American Book Company
Commercial.
Single Entry Bookkeeping, Meservey ... Thompson, Brown Company Dictionaries.
Clarendon. American Book Company
Concise Standard .. Funk & Wagnalls New International, Webster G. C. Merriam Company Standard
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Students' Dictionary
Webster's New School Dictionary. American Book Company Worcester's School Dictionary
Geographies.
Elementary Commercial, Adams D. Appleton Company
Elementary Physical, Tarr. Macmillan Company Essentials of Geography, First and Second Book, Brigham and McFarlane .. American Book Company
First Steps in Geography, Frye. Ginn & Co.
Grammar School Geography, Parts I, II, Frye Ginn & Co.
Grammar School Geography, Complete
Grammar School Geography, Tilden Ginn & Co.
B. H. Sanborn & Co.
Home Geography, Long. American Book Company
Natural School Geography, Parts I, II. American Book Company
Natural Complete Geography American Book Company
Physical Geography, Maury. University Publishing Company
First Book in Geography, Parts I, II, Tarr and McMurry, Macmillan Company
Histories.
American Explorers, Gordy .. . Charles Scribner's Sons
American Leaders and Heroes, Gordy Charles Scribner's Sons
American History, Sheldon and Barnes D. C. Heath & Co.
Beginners' History, Montgomery .. Ginn & Co. Commercial and Industrial History, Keller and Bishop ... Ginn & Co. First Book in American History, Eggleston,
American Book Company
History of the United States, Eggleston .. American Book Company History of the United States, Fiske Houghton Mifflin Company
History of the United States, Thomas D. C. Heath & Co. History of the United States. Gordy. Charles Scribner's Sons Introductory American History, Bourne and Benton. D. C. Heath & Co. Leading Facts of United States History, Montgomery .... Ginn & Co. Our Country's Story, Tappan. Houghton Mifflin Company School History of the United States, McMasters, American Book Company
School History of the United States, Mace, Rand McNally Company
Language.
Aldine First Language Book, Bryce and Spaulding .... Newson & Co. English Spoken and Written, Emerson and Bender, Macmillan Company
New Webster-Cooley Course in English, Books I, II, Houghton Mifflin Company
Music.
Cecilian Music Reader. Books I-IV, Tufts. Silver, Burdett & Co. Congdon Music Primer .. .. C. H. Congdon Laurel Music Reader, Tomlins. C. C. Birchard & Co. New Education Music Course, First Reader, Mclaughlin and Gilchrist Ginn & Co. New Education Music Course, Second Reader, Mclaughlin and Gilchrist. . Ginn & Co. Normal First Music Reader, Tufts and Holt ... Silver, Burdett & Co. Normal Second Music Reader, Tufts and Holt, Part I. Silver, Burdett & Co. Normal Second Music Reader, Tufts and Holt, Part II, Silver, Burdett & Co.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Normal Second Music Reader, Tufts and Holt, Parts I and II,
Silver, Burdett & Co.
Silver Song Series, Number VI Silver, Burdett & Co.
Spellers.
Champion Spelling Book, Books I, II, Hicks,
Graded School Spellers Series, Books I-VII, Spaulding American Book Company and Miller .. .Ginn & Co.
Graded City Speller, Second Grade, Part I, Chancellor,
Macmillan Company
Harrington Speller, Parts I, II .American Book Company
Harrington Speller, Complete. American Book Company
Quincy Word List, Parlin. Silver, Burdett & Co.
Word Builder, Gage and O'Loughlin. B. H. Sanborn & Co.
Physiologies.
Child's Book of Health, Blaisdell. . Ginn & Co.
Control of Body and Mind, Gulick. . Ginn & Co.
Emergencies, Gulick. . Ginn & Co.
Good Health, Gulick. .Ginn & Co.
Health for Little Folks, Blaisdell.
How to Keep Well, Blaisdell . Ginn & Co.
.Ginn & Co.
Physiology of Health, Numbers I and II, Hunt,
American Book Company
The Body at Work, Gulick. American Book Company
Town and City, Gulick. American Book Company
Reading and Literature.
Aldine Primer, Spaulding and Bryce .. Newson & Co.
Aldine First Reader, Spaulding and Bryce. Newson & Co.
Aldine Second Reader, Spaulding and Bryce. Newson & Co.
Aldine Third Reader, Spaulding and Bryce. Newson & Co.
Aldine Fourth Reader, Spaulding and Bryce. Newson & Co.
Aldine Fifth Reader, Spaulding and Bryce. . Newson & Co.
Aldine Short Stories for Little Folks, Spaulding and Bryce, Newson & Co.
Aldine That's Why Stories, Spaulding and Bryce ..... Newson & Co. Art Literature Readers, Primer, Books I-V, Grover, Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover
Baldwin, Bender Readers, Books I-VIII ... American Book Company Busy Brownies at Work. Newson & Co. Cyr's Primer. Ginn & Co.
Cyr's Reader by Grades, Books I-VIII. Ginn & Co.
Cyr's Dramatic Reader. Ginn & Co.
Edson-Laing Readers, Books I-V. B. H. Sanborn & Co. Graded Literature, Books I-VIII, Judson and Bender,
Literary Readers, Books I-VI, Young and Field ... C. E. Merrill & Co.
. Ginn & Co. Progressive Road to Reading, Plan of Work and Books I-IV, Burchill, Ettinger and Shimer. Silver, Burdett & Co. Reading-Literature Series, Free and Treadwell,
Row, Peterson & Co.
Sprague Classic Readers, Books I-V, Educational Publishing Company
Sprague Classic Readers, Book IV, Part I, II, Educational Publishing Company
Sprague Classic Readers, Book V, Part I, II, Educational Publishing Company The Beginners' Primer, Bryce Houghton Mifflin Company
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Story Hour Readers, Books I-III, Cook, Christie,
American Book Company
Wide Awake Series, Murray Little, Brown & Co.
Supplementary Reading.
A Dramatic Reader, Books I, III, IV, Stevenson,
Houghton Mifflin Company Action, Imitation and Fun Series, Pratt and Chadwick, Educational Publishing Company
Bow-Wow-Mew-Mew
Hop o' My Thumb
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack the Giant Killer
Little Red Riding Hood
Puss in Boots
The Little Peoples' Sound Primer
The Little Red Hen
The Three Pigs
The Three Bears The Three Little Kittens
Aesop's Fables, Stickney Ginn & Co.
Arabian Nights .. Ginn & Co.
Cherry Tree Children. .Little, Brown & Co.
Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, Books I-V,
Houghton Mifflin Company
Child Life, Primer, Blaisdell. Macmillan Company
Child Life, No. 1, Blaisdell.
Macmillan Company
Child Life in Tale and Fable. No. 2, Blaisdell Macmillan Company
Child Life in Many Lands, No. 3, Blaisdell. Macmillan Company
Child Life in Literature, No. 4, Blaisdell Macmillan Company Child Life, Fifth Reader, Blaisdell. Macmillan Company Collode Pinocchio in Africa, Patri. . Ginn & Co.
Colonial Massachusetts, .Dawes Silver, Burdett & Co.
Ginn & Co. Each and All, Andrews. Fable and Folk Stories, Scudder Houghton Mifflin Company
Fairy Tales, Grimm. Houghton Mifflin Company
Fairy Tales and Fables, Baldwin. American Book Company
Folk Lore Readers, Primer, Grover ... .Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover Folk Lore Readers, Book I, Grover .. .. Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover For the Children's Hour, Bailey, Lewis. . Milton Bradley Company
Four Great Americans, Baldwin .American Book Company
Four American Patriots, Burton. American Book Company Great Artists, Books I-V, Keyson ... Educational Publishing Company Geographical Readers, Carpenter. American Book Company North America, South America
Europe Asia Africa
Australia
How the World is Clothed
How the World is Fed
Houghton Mifflin Company
Geographical Readers, Perkins. The Dutch Twins
The Eskimo Twins
The Irish Twins
The Japanese Twins The Mexican Twins Geographical Readers, Books I-IV, Carroll .... Silver, Burdett & Co.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Geographical Readers, I. O. Winslow D. C. Heath & Co.
Europe
Distant Countries
The Earth and Its People
Our American Neighbors The United States
Gods and Heroes, Francillon . Ginn & Co.
Heroic Ballads, Montgomery ... . Ginn & Co.
History Reader for Elementary Schools, Nilson. . Macmillan Company History Stories of Other Lands, Books I-VI .... Row, Peterson & Co. In Fable Land, Serl and Evans. Silver, Burdett & Co. In the Animal World
In the Child World, Emilie Poulsson .. . Milton Bradley Company
Little Betty Marigold. C. M. Clark Publishing Company
Little Blue Bird.
.Houghton Mifflin Company
Little Daffydowndilly, Hawthorne .. Houghton Mifflin Company
Little People Everywhere, Books I-IV.
. Little, Brown & Co.
Little Plays for Little People, Noyes and Ray Ginn & Co.
Masterpieces of American Literature ..... Houghton Mifflin Company Men of Old Greece .. . Little, Brown & Co.
Merry Animal Tales, Bigham. Little, Brown & Co.
Nature. Readers, Sharp.
Houghton Mifflin Company
The Fall of the Year Winter
The Spring of the Year Summer
Noble Deeds of Our Fathers, Watson,
Old Mother West Wind. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company
. Little, Brown & Co.
Peter and Polly, Books I-IV. American Book Company
Reynard, the Fox, Smythe. .American Book Company Riverside Readers, Primer and Books I-IV, Van Sickle and
Seegmiller Houghton Mifflin Company Seven Little Sisters, Andrews. Ginn & Co. Stories of American Life and Adventure, Eggleston,
American Book Company
Stories of New England History, Hawthorne, Houghton Mifflin Company
Stories of the English, Guerber . American Book Company
Sunbonnet Babies Primer, Grover Rand McNally Company
Sunbonnet Babies in Holland ... Little, Brown & Co.
Sunshine Primer, Noyes and Guild. . Ginn & Co.
The Playtime Primer. Houghton Mifflin Company
The Story of the Greeks. American Book Company
The Story of the Romans. American Book Company
The World and Its People Series, Dunton ..... Silver, Burdett & Co. Book I., First Lessons.
Book II., Glimpses of the World
Book III., Our Own Country
Book IV., Our American Neighbors
Book V., Modern Europe
1 Book VI., Life in Asia
Book VII., Views in Africa
Book VIII., Australia and the Islands of the Sea
Book IX., Hawaii and Its People
Book X., South American Republics Book XI., Story of the Philippines
Wonder Book, Hawthorne .. American Book Company
Work-a-Day Doings, Serl and Evans. Silver, Burdett & Co.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
AUTHORIZED BOOKS FOR EVENING SCHOOLS.
Civics for Foreigners, Plass. D. C. Heath & Co. English for Foreigners, O'Brien .. Houghton Mifflin Company First Book for Non-English Speaking People, Cunningham, D. C. Heath & Co. Second Book for Non-English Speaking People, Harrington and Moore .... .D. C. Heath & Co. Reading and Language Lessons for Evening Schools, Chan- cellor ... . American Book Company Spanish Without a Master, Vol. I., M. D. Berlitz
Standard Short Course for Evening Schools, Chancellor,
American Book Company
The New American Citizen, Mintz Macmillan Company
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bible
Progressive Steps in Writing, Farley. Whitehouse and
Gunnison. .. Silver, Burdett & Co. School and Home Gardens, Meier Ginn & Co.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS.
Trustees.
THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D.
CHARLES L. NOYES, D. D.
J. FRANK WELLINGTON.
HERBERT E. BUFFUM. M. D.
FREDERICK W. PARKER.
GILES W. BRYANT, M. D.
WILLIAM L. BARBER. DAVID H. FULTON.
HERMAN C. BUMPUS, Sc. D., LL. D.
Officers.
THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D.
President
J. FRANK WELLINGTON
Vice-President
DREW B. HALL Secretary and Librarian.
Committees.
Administration-Wellington, Parker, Noyes, Fulton; the President. Books and Catalogues-Barber, Buffum, Bryant, Bumpus; the President. Buildings and Grounds-The President and the Vice-President.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-
Gentlemen,-The forty-fourth annual report of the trus- tees of the public library is herewith respectfully submitted; being the report of the librarian and tables of statistics of operation.
Very respectfully, The Board of Trustees, by THOS. M. DURELL, President.
Adopted at the Annual Meeting March 6, 1917.
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Central Building, Highland Avenue.
Week days, holidays excepted, 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Sundays, reading and reference only, 3 to 6 p. m. Children's room, school days, 3 to 8 p. m .; other week days, 9 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Branches.
Week days only, holidays excepted.
WEST SOMERVILLE, 40 College Avenue-1 to 9 p. m.
Saturday, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., also.
EAST SOMERVILLE, 153 Perkins Street, 2 to 9 p. m.
UNION SQUARE, Washington Street and F Bonner Avenue- 2 to 9 p. m.
SOUTH AGENCY, 518 Somerville Avenue.
THE STAFF GRADED-PROFESSIONAL.
DREW B. HALL, Librarian. (May 1, 1917.)
LUCY B. CRAIN, Assistant Librarian, in charge of circulation, of staff personnel, and of "Central," and supervising children's work. (February 1, 1917.)
NELLIE M. WHIPPLE, Assistant Librarian, in charge of West Somer- ville Branch.
Edith B. Hayes, Chief Cataloguer. (On leave.)
Alice G. Higgins, Special Assistant in the Children's Room. (March 24, 1917.)
Margaret M. Kneil, High School Librarian.
Helen Luitwieler, Acting Cataloguer.
Esther M. Mayhew, Reference Librarian.
Lucinda F. Spofford, Branch Librarian, Union Square.
Carrie L. Williams, Branch Librarian, East Somerville.
Mabel Williams, High School Librarian. (March 31, 1916.)
Mabel E. Bunker, Assistant Branch Librarian, West Somerville.
Hazel M. Graham, Librarian's Assistant and Secretary. (March 3, 1917.)
Anna L. Stone, Cataloguing.
Mary S. Woodman, Classification.
Senior Assistants.
Susan W. Curtis, West Somerville.
Juliana Donovan, Union Square.
Nectar M. Eksergian, West Somerville.
Ruth S. Fales, East Somerville.
Rose Greenberg, Intermediate.
Myrtle Nicholson, Circulation.
Ethel M. Nute, Union Square.
Esther W. Shaw, Registration and Binding. (January 27, 1917.)
Helen P. Smith, Cataloguing.
Anna B. Truesdale, Children, West Somerville.
Elsie K. Wells, West Somerville.
Edna C. Woodbury, Children. (September 9, 1916.)
Junior Assistants.
Bertha F. Kerner (July 22, 1916) M. Hope Carpenter
Frances E. Haggens
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UNGRADED-CLERICAL.
Typewriters. Marion L. Fall 1
Pages.
James D. Blackall Frank Dion
Mae L. Gormley Lillian McGowan Bernard L. Maxwell
High School Attendants and Pages on Part Time.
Gladys M. Allingham
Roger Estey
Bessie Berman
Gertrude French
Helen Boyd
Donald P. Geddes
Olive B. Briggs
James G. Geddes
Elizabeth Carlin
Lucy M. Lannigan
L. Eugenia Carter
Ronald A. Moore
Hazel Cloyes
Evelyn G. Smith
Lawrence W. Codding
Leone Warren
Doris B. Cresto
Anna M. Wright
(Figures after the names are dates of leaving the service.)
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
To the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Somer- ville :-
Gentlemen,-The forty-fourth annual report of the Li- brarian is herewith submitted, being that for the year 1916.
Buildings.
Early in the year the move to provide a better building in East Somerville was brought to a successful ending when the Carnegie Corporation offered the city, upon the usual terms, $18,000 for that purpose. This sum was determined by facts concerning the city, shown in the 1915 State Census. During the summer a lot upon Broadway was purchased; and during the fall plans were matured and estimates taken which assure the erection of a building 34x74 feet, with all modern library conveniences and equipment and of first-class fireproof con- struction.
During the year attention also has been successfully given to the Union Square building. The six rooms of this former schoolhouse are now all assigned to the use of the public library ; and the whole lower floor will be remodeled for the public use of the branch. This will treble the present floor area and introduce suitable work and staff room accom- modations.
Circulation.
The lengthening of the loan period to one month and the better fitting of each book to the reader's needs have re- duced the number of or prevented entirely renewals and early returns; these facts, together with the tremendous revival of business and manufacturing, have resulted in an eight per cent. decrease in the count of circulation. This decrease has been particularly marked in the sections of the city occupied by citizens engaged in the industries. This condition is par- alleled in all towns and cities having like circumstances and is, if anything, an indication of healthy conditions. The bot- tom has been reached, however, and the tendency is now toward an increase; as the figures for various places and months are now exceeding those of the year previous.
The liberalization begun in 1911 and completed last year makes the lending rules of this library among the most liberal and wise in the country. They are continually commented upon with favor by our readers and comparisons are often drawn to our advantage. Other communities have watched this process and many of them have taken similar action based upon this practice and experience.
Three thousand six hundred eighty-seven persons regis- tered for borrowers' cards for the first time; this brings the number of names entered on the new register (beginning Oc- tober, 1912) to 27,627. Of these, 19,022 registered before
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
December 31, 1914, have expired under the two-year limita- tion, but of them 10,749 have been renewed; this makes valid, on December 31, 1916, 14,436 borrowers' cards.
In General.
The several departments have continued their work, building upon the foundations laid in the last few years, de- veloping and perfecting it along the previous lines. There have been no radical changes. Many desirable developments and extensions of the service have not been possible because of changes in the staff and resulting shortage of time and re- adjustment. Miss Edith B. Hayes, cataloguer, began, the first of October, a year's leave of absence for rest and study after continuous and admirable service for seventeen years; the assistant cataloguer, Miss Helen Luitwieler, is serving at the head of the department with ability. Miss Mabel Williams accepted a position attractive in promise and for experience in the New York Public Library. Miss Edna C. Woodbury resigned the first of September for the purpose of adding, to her college experience and four years in this library, two years of study in the library schools of Simmons College and the New York Public Library, with the intention of special- izing in children's work.
These and several minor withdrawals have been partly offset by the accession, in May, of Miss Margaret M. Kneil to become High School librarian, and in August, of Miss Louise Hoxie, both graduates of Simmons College, and with some experience : and, the very last of December, by four appren- tices from our own training class, the Misses Hastings and Miller of Wellesley and Mount Holyoke Colleges and the Misses Carter and Kelly of the local high schools.
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