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Ethel R. Wotton
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GRADE IX.
Anna C. Mackay .
.2
Marion E. Scribner . . . . 2
Clarence J. Leavitt.
. . 1
GRADE VI.
Edward P. Sheldon
Jesse Butterfield
1
Arthur Wright.
1
Jennie Wright
1
GRADE V.
Paul Scribner
1
Nellie Smith
1
GRADE IV.
Mildred Queen
Isabella Bridgford
1
John Hemlow.
1
Alvin Polley
1
GRADE III.
Annie Ranger
1
GRADE II.
Grace Jordan
1
Albert McComb
1
Bessie Scribner
1
Ruth Scribner
1
Lena Smith.
1
Florence Turner
1
Martin Welch
1
GRADE I.
William Bridgford
1
Leo C. Giles.
1
Lloyd N. Smith
1
Frank S. Turner
1
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No. of terms
WEST GRAMMAR
Elizabeth Flynn 1
Charles Newbold 1
Margaret Reid. 1
PRIMARY.
Chester F. Brown. 3
Ethel M. Gould.
Hulda M. Johnson
Esther AA. Reid ·)
Jessie M. Agnew
1
AAnthony Anderson 1
(. Arvid Johnson 1
John Johnson.
1
Ohlga E. Johnson
1
Annie M. Miller
1
Elizabeth W. Newbold. 1
Edith A. Quist
1
Alice Sevigny .
1
Clarence L. Spaulding . . 1
SOUTH.
May Robbins.
3
Herbert Penniman . .
. 2
No. of terms. Minnie Penniman
Rita Bickford I
Ruth Park. 1 Mildred Winning 1
GOLDEN COVE.
Leo. L. Jones
1
.
EAST.
Lydia II. Shedd.
Ella Barris
1
Nellie Fagan .
1
Philip Fagan.
1
Alice Norton. 1
Harold Severance 1
Sybil Severance
1
Henry Shedd
1
SOUTH ROW.
Myra Parlee
Emma Fremeau .
1
Eva Fremeau. 1
Harvey Parlee
1
Henry Parlee .
1
Samuel Parlee
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SCHOOL STATISTICS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Total enroll-
ment.
Average mom-
bership.
Average attend-
Per cent. of at-
Pupils under 5.
Pupils over 15.
Pupils between 5 and 15.
Pupils between 7 and 14.
Centre, High.
Lillian S. Copeland ..
49
43.9
40.8
92.0
. .
47
3
Grades IX. and VII ...
Helen G. Fulton.
45
40.3
37.3
93.1
10
35
25
Grade VIII
Susan S. McFarlin.
41
35.3
33.1
93.7
6
36
35
Grade VI ..
Mary F. Devine, substitute, 2 months.
30
24.3
22.4
92.1
.
30
29
Grades IV. and III
Grace C. Litchfield
19
40 .. 6
38.9
93.9
. .
46
Grades II. and I.
Anna E. Bliss, assistant, 1 term ..
73
51.8
45.5
87.8
1
. .
27
§ Percy F. Parsons, Principai . .
36
31.6
29.0
91.7
.
10
26
17
North, High and Grade IX.
/ Grace W. Heartz ..
11
38.5
34.9
90.6
..
. .
11
11
Grade IV.
Josephine L. Blakely
39
37.3
32.7
87.6
. .
.
39
39
Grade II.
13
39.3
34.3
87.3
. .
.
13
Grade I
/ Esther B. Douglass. 1 term .. ) Laura G. Hoyt.
36
31.9
27.7
86.8
.
36
36
Primary
Agnes Naylor ..
41
29.4
23.9
81.3
..
..
41
24
South .
Belle M. Gould .
41
30.0
27.9
$0.8
..
.
41
19
Golden Cove.
Hattie M. Hall.
46
27.4
24.4
88.5
3
..
13
26
South Row.
Christina Ashworth
15.6
13.8
88.5
.
.
.
Totals . Totals for 1899-1900.
828
674.7
605.2
89.7
6
749
538
631.4
555.0
88.1
10
60
702
527
.
.
.
. .
38.5
34.8
90.3
..
. .
. . ..
.
....
.....
.
46.2
37.3
81.0
.
63
15
West Grammar
Bertha H. Long.
53
39.9
37.5
94.0
. .
. .
53
31
... .
..
.
...
East .
Bessie M. Coburn
22
14
1
Grade V ..
Ethel E. Kimball
36
32.9
28.8
87.5
.
Lena E. Bliss
Grace E. Mansfield
Grades VII. and VI.
Gertrude A. Jones.
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Grades V. and III.
Sara E. Wheeler.
§ Bertha M. Allen. 2 terms
tendance.
ance.
Clarence H. Knowlton, Principal }
Lena E. Bliss.
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Graduating Exercises of the Centre High School,
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1901.
MOTTO - "Dum rivimus, vivamus."
MARCH -" Home from Camp." - Catlin
Orchestra.
INVOCATION, - Rev. C. H. Ellis Music - " La Susana Waltzes." George E. Rosey Orchestra.
SALUTATORY ESSAY - " Modern Applications of Electricity." Carlton Elliot Atwood.
SOLO - " There'll Never be One like You." Neil
Mr. Edward E. Adams. ESSAY -"Sir Walter Scott." Ethel Marion Wright.
CORNET SOLO - " Ben Bolt." Nelson Kneass Arthur Eben Adams.
.' EXTRACTS FROM BURKE'S SPEECH." Lawrence Eben Marshall.
SOLO -" A Pleasant Memory." Adams Mr. Edward E. Adams.
VALEDICTORY ESSAY - " Problems of Expansion." Frederick Arthur Maenutt.
" EVENING BELLS." Elinberg
Orchestra.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
Rev. E. (. Bartlett.
BENEDICTION.
Rev. Wilson Waters.
MUSIC.
Orchestra.
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GRADUATES.
Arthur Eben Adams,
Carlton Elliot Atwood,
Francis Oliver Dutton,
Fred Warren Holt,
Frederick Arthur Macmitt, Lawrence Eben Marshall, Ethel Marion Wright.
CLASS OFFICERS - Frederick A. Macnutt, president ; Carl- ton E. Atwood, vice-president ; Ethel M. Wright. secretary and treasurer.
CLASS ODE. 1.
As the years glide swiftly by, Bringing joy and sorrow nigh, So they've brought us, in their flight,
. To our graduation night.
II.
Now, as life before us lies, Curtained from our longing eyes, May the Father up on high Keep his loving angels by.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Adams Library
OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD, MASS.
FOR THE
Year Ending February 28, 1902.
LOWELL, MASS. : COURIER-CITIZEN CO., PRINTERS. 1902.
Library Report.
The Board of Trustees of the Adams Library herewith submits its annual report :
The Board was organized at its first meeting by the choice of J. Adams Bartlett as Chairman, and Miss Emma J. Gay as Secretary and Treasurer. The various sub-committees for carrying on the work of the Library were appointed, and Mr. Charles H. Greenleaf appointed Librarian and Janitor for the year. The Board desire here to voice their appreciation of his work for the past year as Librarian, and to tender their thanks for many services rendered without compensation.
Some changes have been made in the building this last year, which have been in the way of improvement, of which we may notice: the placing of the new lights on the reading table in the Reading Room, which was a long-needed improvement, and makes the Reading Room more attractive to all who use it. A large coal bin was also built in the cellar.
The appended report of the Treasurer shows the financial condition of the Library.
The report of the Librarian shows that the circulation for the last year has been 11,293 volumes, an increase of 860 vol- umes over the past year. The number of borrowers has been 432, an increase of 10 over last year.
The circulation of books has the following classification: fiction, 69 per cent .; travel and description, 4 per cent. ; biogra- phy, 3 per cent .; useful arts, 1 per cent .; fine arts, 1 per cent .; history. 4 per cent .: general works, 9 per cent .; literature. 4 per cent. : natural science. 3 per cent. ; religion and philosophy, 1 per cent .: sociology, 1 per cent .; showing about the same relative circulation as usual.
The Trustees are glad to report such a good increase in circulation, and hope it will continue as the Library grows.
The Library and Reading Room have been open 203 ses- sions, or 867 hours, in the past year. The number of books
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purchased has been 167, number donated from the State of Massachusetts, & ; from the United States Government 17, from private individuals, 28, making whole number added, 220. The whole number now in the Library is 6,558 volumes.
The Trustees extend their thanks to the publishers of the Lowell Journal, of the Woman's Journal, the Good Roads Magazine, and all kind friends who have placed publications of various kinds on the table of the Reading Room. A list of the donors of books is appended to this report.
The committee appointed to classify and index the papers and documents in the historical case have nearly completed their labors. In the last year many interesting papers have been placed in the cabinet, and we hope that many more will be placed there in the coming years.
The patrons of the Library at South Chelmsford have had tineir regular service as in the past, and our thanks are extended to Mr. F. M. Scoboria for the distribution of the books.
In general, the Library is increasing in its scope of useful- ness from year to year. The Reading Room is more and more appreciated each year, and is becoming more a resort of stu- dents than formerly. It is well supplied with magazines and periodicals of a good quality, and should be especially attractive to all who wish to spend a pleasant hour with the current litera- ture of the day.
J. ADAMS BARTLETT, EMMA J. GAY, LUTHER H. SARGENT, A. HEADY PARK. ALBERT H. DAVIS, WILSON WATERS,
Trustees.
NAMES OF THE DONORS OF BOOKS.
Mr. Amos F. Adams, one volume.
Mrs. John S. Shedd, one volume.
Mrs. A. Heady Park, four volumes.
Mr. James Monroe Battles, three volumes.
Mr. Eben T. Adams, one volume.
Mr. Henry S. Perham, three volumes, and also a framed photographic copy of the portrait of Elizabeth (Clark) Hancock (grandmother of Gov. John Hancock), who was a native of our town1.
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Mr. Solon W. Stevens, Lowell, one volume. Aliss Olive C. Hunt, one volume. Mr. Marshall Field, Chicago, two volumes. From publishers and authors, eight volumes.
TREASURER'S REPORT OF ADAMS LIBRARY
Receipts.
Balance on hand March 1, 1901 $ 21 39
Town appropriation for 1901. 800 00
Library fines 18 40
Borrowers' cards
2 59
Finding lists
1 80
$844 18
Expenditures.
Charles H. Greenleaf, Librarian and Janitor $240 00
Baker & Taylor Co., books 125 45
G. C. Prince & Son, books 95
Milwaukee Public Library, books
40
Magazines and periodicals
61 75
F. J. Barnard & Co., repairing and binding 24 40
H. L. Parkhurst, coal 93 06
Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., gasolene, - etc 54 03
McKenney & Waterbury, lamps for
Reading Room 20 70
G. T. Parkhurst, printing 8 00
J. B. Goodwin, screens 9 96
G. W. Raynes, repairing clock
3 00
F. G. Pratt, repairs
21 00
C. W. Parkhurst, coal bin
49 00
C. H. Greenleaf, gas pipe and fittings in cellar 1 58
L. C. Hall, fertilizer 12 30
G. B. Wright, shrubs 11 05
H. W. Tarbell, labor on grounds. 3 60
E. C. Coolidge, labor on grounds. 24 45
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Amount carried forward
$764 68
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8764 68
Amount brought forward
Napoleon Lovely, labor on grounds ... 2 70
W. J. Randall, sharpening lawn-mower 2 25
Melvin Walker, removing ashes. 2 50
Bartlett & Dow, supplies 10 55
Chas. H. Greenleaf, supplies
2 45
G. M. Wright, supplies 35
Postage
2 95
Post Office box rent
60
Freight, express and cartage.
6 96
A. Heady Park, transporting books to and from South Chelmsford 13 00
Balance on hand March 1, 1902. .. .
35 19
79 50
$844 18
REPORT OF THE NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1902.
The Library has been open to the public 142 sessions during the year, the circulation being 5,177 volumes.
The number of volumes added during the same time has been: from town appropriation, 112 volumes; from income of the C. W. Flint fund, 50 volumes; from donations, 30 volumes, making a total of 192 volumes, all of which have been properly catalogued and labeled. Four volumes also have been purchased to replace worn-out books, and one volume has been discarded. The available number on the shelves at last report was 3,792. Now the number is 3,983.
Fifty-three new borrowers' cards have been issued during the year, the number of borrowers now being 306.
The demands of the Library have called for increased shelf room, which has been supplied, and a much-needed coat of paint has been on the outside of the building.
The pictures from the Library Art Club, which have been on exhibition from time to time, have been photographs of views in Amsterdam, Holland; Rome; Oxford, England; and the D. A. R.'s historic views in New England, also steel engravings by Messrs. J. A. Lowell & Co. Want of space for the proper display of artistic views of like character will, probably, prevent their further continuance.
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Miss L. A. Allen, who for so long a period has been custodian of the books for the borrowers at West Chelmsford, feeling the necessity of giving up that care, Mr. Marcus H. Winship has generously assumed the burden, and the care of such books is now faithfully attended to at his store in that village. The financial statement for the year, from the books of the asso- ciation's Treasurer, follows:
RECEIPTS.
Balance at last report.
$ 33 98
Town appropriation for books.
100 00
Town appropriation for expenses
300 00
Fines
12 62
Sale of catalogues
1 25
Sale of books
3 03
Interest on C. W. Flint fund
73 63
$524 53
EXPENDITURES.
Librarian's services
$100 00
Librarian's assistant
11 00
Electric lighting
16 46
Books, town appropriation.
100 01
Books from C. W. Flint fund.
61 25
Art Club, subscription
5 00
Transportation of books for West Chelmsford.
8 00
Supplies
17 02
Fuel
15 69
Binding and repairing books
72 14
Insurance
25 25
Postage and printing
9 25
Freight and express
5 61
Window screens
7 00
Shelving and alterations for books
28 59
Painting
36 61
Balance on hand
5 62
$524 53
ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Vice-President. OTIS P. WHEELER, Secretary.
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