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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Yearly Bond Maturities with Interest
Date Due
Principal
Interest
Total
1923
$165,500 00
$56,906 25
$222,406 25
1924
141,500 00
50,391 25
191,891 25
192
128,000 00
44,903 75
172,903 75
1926
114,000 00
39,938 75
153,938 75
1927
104,000 00
35,401 25
139,401 25
1928
95,000 00
31,268 75
126,268 75
1929
93,000 00
27,376 25
120,376 25
1930
86,000 00
23,651 25
109,651 25
1931
77,000 00
20,313 75
97,313 75
1932
67,000 00
17,386 25
84,386 25
1933
51,000 00
14,858 75
65,858 75
1934
51,000 00
12,811 25
63,811 25
1935
44,000 00
10,863 75
54,863 75
1936
39,000 00
9,193 75
48,193 75
1937
39,000 00
7,621 25
46,621 25
1938
33,000 00
6,088 75
39,088 75
1939
32,000 00
4,796 25
36,796 25
1940
31,000 00
3,541 25
34,541 25
1941
30,000 00
2,323 75
32,323 75
1942.
30,000 00
1,126 25
31,126 25
1943
2,000 00
248 75
2,248 75
1944
1,000 00
192 50
1,192 50
1945
1,000 00
157 50
1,157 50
1946
1,000 00
122 50
1,122 50
1947
1,000 00
87 50
1,087 50
1948
1,000 00
52 50
1,052 50
1949
1,000 00
17 50
1,017 50
$1,459,000 00
$421,641 25
$1,880,641 25
BORROWING CAPACITY, DECEMBER 31, 1922
Valuation, 1920
. $83,910,855 60 17,700 00
Supplementary
$83,928,555 60
Valuation, 1921
86,718,289 60
Supplementary
75,258 00
86,793,547 60
Valuation, 1922
88,158,139 27
Supplementary
8,400 00
88,166,539 27
Total
258,888,642 47
Abatements, 1920 .
493,150 00
1921 .
626,258 00
1922
358,500 00
1,477,908 00
$257,410,734 47
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TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Average three years, one-third
85,803,578 16
Two and one-half per cent.
$2,145,089 45
Funded Debt, Dec. 31, 1922
1,459,000 00
Outside limit fixed by law:
Sewer Loan, 1895, Chap. 357 . 9,000 00 Met. Park Loan, Chap. 325, '02 7,000 00
16,000 00
Loans authorized, not issued .
1,443,000 00 300,000 00
1,743,000 00
Borrowing capacity, Dec. 31, 1922 .
$402,089 45
Maturities:
January 1, 1922
$18,000 00
April 1, 1922
92,000 00
July 1, 1922
40,500 00
Less outside limit
4,000 00
36,500 00
October 1, 1922
15,000 00
Maturities within limit, 1922
161,500 00
Maturities outside limit, 1922
4,000 00
165,500 00
MEMORANDUM OF PAYMENTS IN 1922 ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT
Principal
Interest
Total
Bonds, General City Debt .
$169,500 00
$43,939 58A 5,181 25B
5,181 25
1922
37,195 81
37,195 81
Grade Crossings
On account of
4,380 00
298 49
4,678 49
Metropolitan District Debt :
Sewers
21,647 12
30,741 39
52,388 51
Park
3,466 20
14,921 71
18,387 91
Wellington Bridge
1,265 00
177 10
1,442 10
Charles River Basin .
310 09
3,594 42
3,904 51
Alewife Brook
818 39
264 98
1,083 37
Water
13,702 27
77,490 17
91,192 44
Somerville's proportion for debt requirements:
In State Tax
25,159 56
28,772 75
53,932 31
In County Tax
2,933 56
3,725 15
6,658 71
$243,182 19
$246,302 80
$489,484 99
A-$2,291.67 accrued interest applied as reduction. B-This amount reserved in 1921 and brought forward to 1922 for interest 1921 notes, interest to follow.
$213,439 58
Revenue Loans, 1921 .
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
GRADE CROSSING DEBT (Carried by Commonwealth)
Decrees entered
$120,097 10
Paid Commonwealth
ยท
$139,067 50
Deduct interest included in above
22,350 40
116,717 10
3,380 00
Payable
Principal
Interest
Nov. 15, 1923
$3,380 00
$127 20
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 1922
Appropriated in budget
$20,750 00
Transfer
300 00
$21,050 00
Salaries :
Treasurer and Collector
$4,000 00
Deputy Collector
2,000 00
Cashiers
2,539 50
Clerks
8,249 42
Stationery, postage and books
2,395 59
Printing and advertising
682 16
Telephone
144 50
Tracing tax-payers
100 00
Bonds
386 57
Machines and repairs .
162 68
Advertising and recording tax sales .
325 98
Sundries
60 95
21,047 35
Balance
: 65
21,050 00
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THOMAS M. DURELL, M. D., President, 1925 J. FRANK WELLINGTON, Vice-President, 1923
FREDERICK W. PARKER, 1924
WILLIAM L. BARBER, 1925
CHARLES L. NOYES, D. D., 1923 DAVID H. FULTON, 1924
FRANK M. BARNARD, 1922
HERBERT E. BUFFUM, M. D., 1923 GILES W. BRYANT, M. D., 1924
ALBERT L. HASKELL, 1925
COMMITTEES. On Administration. The President, Messrs. Wellington, Parker, Noyes, Buffum and Fulton.
On Books and Cataloguing. The President, Messrs. Barber, Buffum, Bryant and Barnard.
On Buildings and Property. The President and the Vice-President.
Secretary of the Board. GEORGE H. EVANS.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY AND STAFF PERSONNEL. GEORGE HILL EVANS, Librarian. NELLIE M. WHIPPLE, Assistant Librarian. VIVIAN J. MORSE, Executive Assistant.
CENTRAL LIBRARY AND LIBRARIAN'S OFFICE. Highland Avenue and Walnut Street.
GRADED SERVICE.
Department Heads and Special Positions.
CORA B. EAMES, Reference Librarian and Second Assistant
GLADYS B. HASTINGS, Supervisor of Children's Work.
NELLY CUMMING, Chief Cataloguer
EDNA C. WOODBURY, High School Librarian
MARY S. WOODMAN, Reviewer and Classifier
MYRTLE NICHOLSON, Supervisor of Periodicals and Binding
LUCY W. HARRIS, School Librarian
ORPHA B. MATHIESON, Reference Assistant
Senior Assistants.
Desk Chief Assistant Cataloguer
WINNIFRED S. RUSSELL, Circulation Department
MARION J. MESERVE, Circulation Department
ELEANOR M. DEAN, Circulation Department
Junior Assistants. 1
JEAN P. HENNESSY, Children's Room ALICE W. HAMILTON, Children's Room
MILDRED A. BOWLEY, Circulation Department
Ungraded Service.
LOUISE R. JOYCE, Catalog Department RUTH M. HAYES, Page LILLIAN M. GOULD, Page
Attendants on Part Time.
ARTHUR HAYES RALPH H. HATFIELD WILMOT W. JONES
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WEST SOMERVILLE BRANCH. Established 1909. 40 College Avenue.
GRADED SERVICE. ESTHER M. MAYHEW, Branch Librarian MABEL E. BUNKER, First Assistant
Senior Assistants.
RUTH L. SWETT
Children's Librarian
DOROTHY H. TERRY
MURIEL STOWELL, Circulation Department
EDNA L. HARTWELL, Circulation Department
Junior Assistant.
IRMA TRAPHAGEN, Circulation Department
UNGRADED SERVICE.
Page
Attendants on Part Time. 1
MARSTON C. SARGENT
GRACE FIGVED
RICHARD J. WALSH MILDRED MOSES ..
EAST SOMERVILLE BRANCH. Established 1912. Broadway and Illinois Avenue.
GRADED SERVICE.
DOROTHY B. SPEAR, Branch Librarian
Senior Assistants.
DOROTHY S. BAMFORD
First Assistant
RUTH G. MARKLE Children's Librarian
Junior Assistants.
Circulation Department
UNGRADED SERVICE. Attendants on Part Time.
GLADYS MURLEY GERTRUDE MCGLINHCY
AUDREY S. MERROW M. EDNA PETRIE
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UNION SQUARE BRANCH. Established 1912. Washington Street and Bonner Avenue.
GRADED SERVICE.
ALICE G. WORTHEN, Branch Librarian
Senior Assistants.
MARGUERITE C. LANE, First Assistant KATHERINE I. EATON, Children's Librarian
Junior Assistant.
Circulation Department
UNGRADED SERVICE.
LEOLA STROUT, Page
Attendants on Part Time-
DOROTHY A. JONES ESTHER COHEN
RICHARD PIERCE FANNIE SPIVACK
CHARLES KELLEY
MEMBERS OF THE TRAINING CLASS.
E. MARION AKERLEY HELEN W. FARRAR ELSIE L. KNOX
CORINNE MEAD ALICE D. WILLIAMS
NOTE: For changes in staff personnel during the year see Librarian's Report.
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Report of the Trustees
To the Honorable, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville:
Gentlemen : The fiftieth annual report of the trustees of the public library is herewith respectfully submitted ; being the report of the librarian and tables of statistics of opera- tion.
Very respectfully, The Board of Trustees, by
THOMAS M. DURELL,
President.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees :
The fiftieth annual report of the Somerville Public Library, for the year 1922, is herewith submitted.
A semi-centennial year is deemed by common consent an appropriate time to pause in the pursuit of any enterprise and to review its progress. The following account of the founding of our library, and of the more important features of its development, are therefore incorporated in this report for the convenient information and use of the citizens of Somerville who are the library's patrons and supporters.
FOUNDING OF THE LIBRARY
The great movement that swept the country in the nine- teenth century, based upon an insistent demand for educa- tional facilities to supplement the decidedly limited and for- mal program of the public schools, ultimately crystallized into the free public library of today. Its first manifestations appeared shortly after the American and French revolutions had spread broadcast the new ideas of freedom and enlighten- ment. Hundreds of association libraries were founded by pooling personal resources. They flourished for a time, some to disappear, others to grow strong and become permanent. The second phase of the movement, municipal recognition of the library as a necessary component of the public education- al establishment, and its consequent support by taxation, first showed itself as early as 1833, but did not begin to make real headway until the middle of the century.
Great impetus was given to the movement by the found- ing of the Boston Public Library in 1854. During the decade of the sixties the project of instituting a public library in the town of Somerville was discussed by progressive citizens. Foremost and most persistent among its advocates was Ed- ward E. Edgerly. Due largely to his efforts the growing sen- timent was crystallized into action in 1869. The first defi- nite step was taken by Henry M. Brown, acting as the repre- sentative of the Somerville High School Association, who in that year wrote to the Board of Selectmen and to the School Board inviting these bodies to co-operate with the High School Association in the establishment of a public library. The selectmen appointed a committee of three to confer with a similar committee from the association. The joint com-
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mittee consisted of Austin Belknap, Horace Haskins, and Francis Houghton, selectmen, and Edward C. Booth, Henry M. Brown, and George S. Littlefield, of the association. The same committee was reappointed the following year and pre- pared a plan for founding and operating a public library. In accordance with this plan the executive committee of the High School Association and the Board of Selectmen held a joint meeting and elected the following Board of Trustees, three each from the Board of Selectmen, the High School Association, and the citizens of the town at large, namely : Austin Belknap, Henry M. Brown, Samuel A. Carlton, Horace P. Hemenway, Oren S. Knapp, John P. Marshall, Ed- win Mills, Frank H. Raymond, and Columbus Tyler.
At a town meeting held April 29, 1871, the town "Voted, that a free library be established" and appointed a committee consisting of the above-named board, and Russell H. Conwell, Joshua H. Davis, Samuel C. Hunt, George S. Littlefield, Rev. Charles Lowe, Isaac Pitman, and Quincy A. Vinal, "to re- port a plan for operating the same."
The committee was at first organized with Rev. Charles Lowe, chairman, and George S. Littlefield, secretary. The absence in Europe of Messrs. Lowe and Marshall led to the substitution in their places of Rev. G. W. Durell and John R. Poor. Austin Belknap was elected chairman in place of Mr. Lowe. The report of the committee embodying its plan for a library was adopted by the town meeting of November 7. 1871.
October 21, 1872, the town having in the meantime been granted a city charter, the City Council elected the following Board of Trustees of the Public Library: For three years, John P. Marshall, Austin Belknap, Charles A. Guild; for . two years, Quincy A. Vinal, Michael J. Canavan, Edward C. Booth : for one year, George O. Brastow, William H. Furber, and Selwyn Z. Bowman. On November .14, following, the new board organized by the election of John P. Marshall, president, and Edward C. Booth, secretary. On November 19 Isaac Pitman was elected librarian, and on May 1, 1873, the library was opened in a room in the City Hall now occu- pied as the office of the Board of Assessors. There were upon the shelves at the time of opening 2,384 volumes.
TRUSTEES
For membership on the Board of Trustees Somerville has always demanded her best, and they have generously re- sponded by devoting time and intelligent study to the pro-
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duction of the best possible service. The list is a long and honorable one. It is possible to give here only the names of the presidents of the board and their respective terms of service :
John P. Marshall, 1872 - 1875
Charles H. Guild, 1875 - 1876
W. G. Tousey,
1876 - 1880
Henry H. Barber, 1881 - 1883
Charles S. Lincoln, 1884 - 1899
Charles A. West,
1900 - 1906
Edward C. Booth,
1906 - 1909
Thomas M. Durell,
1910 -
LIBRARIANS
The first librarian, Mr. Pitman, served in that capacity until June 1, 1875. Before his appointment he had been a partner in a mercantile house in Boston, and his business ex- perience doubtless stood him in good stead in laying well the foundations.
He was succeeded by his assistant, Miss Harriet A. Adams, who for eighteen years tirelessly carried on the work. On June 1, 1893, she was succeeded by John S. Hayes. Mr. Hayes had previously been a teacher. He was a man of cul- ture, a book-lover, and happily possessed the additional qual- ities of energy and enthusiasm. The library throve under his direction. It was by his initiative that relations were established with the public schools, and that the Library Bulletin was started. His sudden death on March 7, 1898, was felt as a great loss. On May 16, following, Sam Walter Foss was elected librarian.
It detracts nothing from the record of faithful and effi- cient services of other holders of the office to say that Mr. Foss was by far the most notable of all Somerville's librar- ians. His name was already a household word among the American people, who knew and loved his homely verses. He was a shining exception to the proverb that "A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country," for he enjoyed the crowning distinction of being beloved in his own com- munity. His administration was marked by a great expan- sion of library privileges and consequently of the popular use of the library. He died February 26, 1911.
May 5, 1911, Drew Bert Hall succeeded to the office of librarian. Mr. Hall came to Somerville from the Millicent Library, of Fairhaven, Mass. He was a graduate of Bowdoin
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College, and of the New York State Library School. During his incumbency the present Central building and the East Somerville Branch building were built, the methods of admin- istration were brought to the forefront of modern library prac- tice, and the privileges further liberalized. May 1, 1917, Mr. Hall resigned, and was commissioned captain in the United State army, in which capacity he served through the war.
The present incumbent, George H. Evans, became libra- rian May 1, 1917. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and had previously been connected with the libraries of that in- stitution, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and of Woburn, Mass.
LIBRARY BUILDINGS
The library outgrew its original quarters in the City Hall after an occupancy of twenty years, during which enlarge- ments had used up all the available room. In the years 1883- 84 the first Central Library building was erected on a lot next to the City Hall. Exclusive of land the cost was $28,- 338.45. The new building was dedicated by appropriate exer- cises, the principal feature of which was an address by Jus- tin Winsor, librarian of Harvard College, and undoubtedly the leader of the American library profession. In 1895 the library was enlarged by the addition of a steel stack.
By 1911 the housing problem had again become so acute that the trustees took active steps to secure another building. As a result of their efforts the city agreed to take the old building for city offices, making for it an allowance of $45,000, to which Mr. Carnegie added $80,000. Edward L. Tilton, of. New York City, was appointed architect. Mr. Tilton was already a successful designer of libraries, among others to his credit being the beautiful structure in Springfield. The new building is the result of careful study of administrative problems, and so successfully were they solved that the Cen- tral Library has earned a national reputation. It is frequent- ly visited, and its plans studied by Boards of Trustees who are planning buildings. It was dedicated December 17, 1913, and opened for public use in January following.
On May 27, 1909, the building which houses the West Somerville Branch Library was opened for the accommoda- tion of the people of the rapidly growing west end of the city. The cost of erection and furnishings, $25,000, was met by a gift from Andrew Carnegie. The dedicatory address was made by Horace G. Wadlin, Librarian of the Boston Public Library. Its circulation rivals that of the Central Library.
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The East Somerville Branch Library was first opened February 1, 1912, in a rented store at 153 Perkins Street. The patronage was immediate and large. After a few years the Carnegie Foundation came to the aid of the city and pro- vided the sum of $18,000 for a building, and on March 30, 1918, its present modern and attractive building was opened at the corner of Broadway and Illinois Avenue. The open- ing of the new building was immediately followed by a large increase in registered borrowers and circulation.
On March 4, 1912, the Union Square Branch was opened in one half of the first floor of the old Prospect Hill school- house at the corner of Bonner Avenue and' Washington Street. It now occupies the entire floor, and in spite of having been doubled in capacity it can offer standing room only during afternoon and evening hours. In addition to a goodly num- ber of adults it has a daily attendance in school term of from 400 to 800 children.
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TRUST FUNDS
The Isaac Pitman Funds
The Isaac Pitman funds were established by Mr. Pit- man's daughter, Harriet M. Loughlin, in memory of her fath- er .. In 1897 she gave $1,000, known as the Isaac Pitman Poetry Fund, the income to be expended for the purchase of poetry. In 1900 she also established the Isaac Pitman Art Fund by the gift of $4,000, the income of which is to be ex- pended by the "Trustees at their discretion in the purchase for the use of the library of works of art, illustrative, decora- tive, or otherwise." A condition of the deeds of gift of both these funds is that "The annual appropriation by the City Council for the use of the Library shall not be diminished in consequence of the donation."
The Wilder Children's Fund
In 1908 $100 was given by Frances A. Wilder, a former teacher in Somerville schools, to establish a fund, the income of which is to be used for the purchase of children's books.
The Martha R. Hunt Funds
These funds were established in 1911 by the gift of $15,- 000 from Martha R. Hunt. Of this amount it is directed that $3,000 shall be expended by the Trustees for art purposes
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for the Library, and shall be known as the Martha R. Hunt Fund, Art. The remaining $12,000 shall be known as the Martha R. Hunt Fund, Books. From it the income only may be used for the purchase of books.
S. Newton Cutler Fund
This fund was established in 1912 by a legacy of $1,000 from S. Newton Cutler. The income only is to be used for the purchase of books.
The Arthur A. Smith Fund
This fund of $5,000 was established in 1920 by bequest of Arthur A. Smith, of Somerville. The income is to be at the disposal of the Trustees. This fund is not yet available.
LIBRARY SERVICE
The library is a constituent part of the educational estab- lishment of the city. As such it aims to maintain a great reservoir of information, with trained and efficient experts to administer it, which shall provide material for students and workers in all walks of life. It affords a continuation school for those who are ambitious to supplement a limited or defective education. It is a laboratory for study and re- search. It is a community centre for the betterment of social conditions, and the making of intelligent American citizens. It offers a centre of sane recreation for leisure hours. It is not possible to estimate or to measure by finite units the re- sults of such work. They are expressed only in higher stand- ards of life. Nevertheless attention may be called to certain significant figures. It is estimated that not less than 30,000 citizens are either occasional or habitual users of the library. There are at their disposal 115,000 volumes in four convenient- ly located buildings. During its half-century of service the library has made home loans of books to the people of Somer- ville of more than 12,000,000 volumes. This is outside work, and does not take into account the vast amount of study and research done within its walls. Such a figure is beyond the power of the human mind to grasp. Who can doubt the benef- icent results of the stimulation of the ambition, the intelli- gence, and the bettered ideals of life of the individual, so many times multiplied ?
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THE YEAR 1922
The record of the year 1922 does not differ materially from that of the years immediately preceding it, save that there is evident a slow recovery from the impairment of ser- vice occasioned by war conditions. The problem of staff re- cruitment is perhaps less difficult, due largely to the success - of the Training Class, to which specific reference will be made in later paragraphs. Great credit is due those members of the staff who, in the face of substantial and even flattering offers from other sources, have stood by through the trying times and kept the framework of our organization intact with a steady purpose and a superb loyalty beyond praise. The thanks of our citizens who use the library, and of many others who, though they use it but little believe in it as an educa- tional force, are due to the Mayor and City Council for the restoration of an appropriation for book purchase sufficient to arrest the decline of our collection.
THE STAFF
Changes in the personnel of the staff during the year are as follows: appointments to the Graded Service; Nelly Cumming, Cataloguer in charge of the department, Winni- fred Smith Russell, Senior Assistant at Central, Jean P. Hen- nessy, Junior Assistant at Central, Ruth G. Markle, formerly in our service, 1st Assistant at East Branch; from the Train- ing Class, Mildred A. Bowley and Alice W. Hamilton, Junior Assistants at Central, Irma Traphagen, Junior Assistant at West Branch, Eleanor Atherton, Senior Assistant at East Branch; in the Ungraded Service, Louise Joyce at Central and E. Leola Srout at Union Square Branch. Elsie K. Wells, Senior Assistant, and Arthur Hayes, Page, were temporarily employed at Central.
The library has received the resignations of Edna C. Woodbury, High School Librarian, Lucy W. Harris, School Librarian, Clara S. Hawes, Cataloguer, Dorothy S. Bamford, 1st Assistant at East Branch, Ruth L. Swett, Children's Libra- rian at West Branch, Eleanor A. Randall, Senior Assistant at Central, Eleanor Atherton, Senior Assistant at East Branch, and Bernice L. Watt, in the Ungraded Service at Central.
The following promotions have been made in regular course under the provisions of the Scheme of Service: Kather- ine I. Eaton to Children's Librarian at Union Square Branch, Lucy W. Harris to the First Grade in the School Department
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and Orpha B. Matheson in the Reference Department, Marion J. Meserve, Eleanor A. Randall, Muriel Stowell, and Eleanor M. Dean to the Second Grade.
Two changes of organization deserve mention. All work with the graded and Junior High schools has been merged with the Children's Department. This department will now have five units, namely; the division of graded and Junior High schools, the Central children's room, and the children's room in each of the three branches. Miss Gladys Hastings has been promoted to the head of the department, with the title of Supervisor of Children's Work. In addition to the general supervision of the department, she retains the posi- tion of Children's Librarian at Central, and also conducts the instruction in children's work with the Training Class. Her promotion is a recognition well-earned by work of consist- ently high order both in spirit and performance.
The Somerville High School and the library have dis- solved financial partnership in the employment of the High School Librarian, which has been taken over by the High School. The library will continue to place its resources free- ly at the disposal of High School students and teachers. Edna C. Woodbury, High School Librarian, formerly attached to our staff, therefore becomes a member of the city school de- partment.
INSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
A concerted attempt is being made by school and library to carry over from school life into the succeeding years the idea that the library is a source of information and help upon all problems common to our daily life, as well as an agency for culture and recreation. This idea is inculcated not mere- ly by the home loans of books from the school rooms, but is definitely taught to the pupils. Instruction in the use of the library begins in the Junior High schools. Members of the upper class meet instructors from the library either at the library or at the school. They are told the simple ways of finding material by use of the catalogue and reference books. Supplementing this class instruction are illustrative test problems. When the same pupils reach the High School the following year they are given some review of this together with additional instruction in continuation. Visits to the library are also made by groups from the High School under guidance of the High School Librarian. The latter comes to the Central Library every afternoon after school where she
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