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SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Athens and Adams Schools-W. H. Drake, M.D., Bicknell Sq., N. W. James Humphrey School-Joseph Chase, Jr., M.D., 655 Broad St., East Weymouth.
Franklin School-J. Herbert Libby, M.D., 691 Broad St., E. W. Washington and Jefferson Schools-John C. Fraser, M.D., 677 Broad St., E. W.
Hunt School-Franklin P. Virgin, M.D., 165 Washington St., W. Shaw and Pratt Schools-K. H. Granger, M.D., 129 Pleasant St., S. W. Edward B. Nevin and Pond Schools-V. M. Tirrell, M.D., 52 Pleasant St., S. W.
JANITORS
High-Geo. W. Beane, 175 North St., N. W.
Athens -* W. E. Beane, 12 Pierce Court, N. W.
Adams-Katherine N. Damon, 6 Church St., W. H.
James Humphrey -* Amaziah B. Linscott, 79 Charles St., E. W.
Washington-Thomas Burgoyne, 34 Charles St., E. W.
Jefferson and Franklin-Franklin Blanchard, 782 Commercial St., E. W.
Hunt School-Thomas S. Sweeney, 12 Franklin St., W.
Pratt-Victor Dupline, 286 Pleasant St., S. W.
Shaw-J. Forest Torrey, 273 Main St., S. W. Edward B. Nevin -* J. W. Vinson, 734 Main St., S. W.
Pond-A. E. Shaw, 424 Pond St., S. W.
*Truant Officer.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Winter Term-Opens January 5. Closes March 26, 1920. Spring Term-Opens April 5. Closes June 24, 1920. Fall Term-Opens September 7. Closes December 17, 1920. Holidays-Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day after, New Year's Day.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL 2-2-2, 2-2-2
At 7.30 A. M., no session in any school during the morning. At 8.00 A. M., no session in Grades 1-IV inclusive during the morn- ing. At 11.45 A. M., no session in Grades 1-IV inclusive during the after- noon. .
At 12.45 P. M., no session in any grade during the afternoon.
STATISTICS FROM REGISTERS FOR YEAR 1918-1919.
SCHOOLS
.
Grades
Number
Enrolled
Boys
Girls
Total
Membership
Membership Average
Average
Attendance
Per Cent. of
No. of Cases of
Tardiness
Cases of
Dismission
of Absence
Truancy
Suspension
Visitors
WARD ONE
Athens
9
41
18
23
46
43.16
39.32
91.12
36
85
1141
0
2
2
Athens
8
48
19
29
52
41.70
38.33
91.93
15
21
1170
5
2
10
Athens
7
48
21
27
53
40.29
37.54
93.10
33
17
811
0
0
6
Athens
6a
40
20
20
43
38.85
35.63
91.73
61
48
709
0
0
5
Athens
6b
20
10
10
23
19.11
18.05
94.46
21
17
365
0
0
0
Athens
5
42
22
20
50
42.26
38.24
90.49
46
19
1454
1
0
12
Athens
4-5
41
22
19
46
37.17
34.56
93.08
25
6
687
0
0
5
Athens
4
44
24
20
50
42.83
38.28
89.37
81
12
1561
13
0
16
Athens
3
53
33
20
63
48.01
43.16
89.90
51
17
1537
8
0
14
100
Athens
2
42
22
20
56
43.60
39.00
89.42
31
10
1564
0
0
27
Athens
1-2
49
30
19
53
39.22
32.68
83.33
27
15
2089
0
0
24
Athens
1
48
19
29
52
41.87
35.72
85.31
21
7
1946
0
0
36
Total
516
260
256
587
478.07
430.51
90.05
448
274
15034
27
4
157
Adams .
1-3
30
14
16
35
27.94
26.37
94.40
22
8
609
0
0
33
WARD TWO
Humphrey ....
9
47
19
28
48
42.08
39.63
94.26
9
32
897
0
1
25
Humphrey
8a
31
16
15
33
29.15
27.47
94.31
8
13
544
2
0 13
Humphrey
8b
31
14
17
33
29.42
27.08
92.05
24
44
739
7
0
13
Humphrey
....
7a
43
21
22
49
41.41
39.84
96.21
13
5
449
11
0
13
Humphrey
7b
43
18
25
49
42.87
40.14
93.63
21
22
947
2
0
6
Humphrey ....
6a
37
23
14
38
36.26
33.94
93.61
21
6
734
7
0
3
Humphrey
....
6b
42
21
21
42
39.95
36.65
91.76
23
11
1083
18
0
9
Humphrey
. .
6c
33
14
19
35
32.80
30.22
92.11
23
14
824
33
0
4
Total
307
146
161
327
293.94
274.97
93.54
142
147
6217
80
1
86
.
.
·
·
-
-
....
....
....
*
.
No. of Sessions
No. of Cases of
No. of Cases of
Attendance
Franklin
5a
32
18
14
34
30.15
27.83
92.28
52
12
826
2
0
7
Franklin
....
5b
32
17
15
35
30.44
28.47
93.53
34
25
654
17
0
11
Franklin
1
38
18
20
40
34.70
29.86
86.05
55
3
1613
2
0
32
Total
102
53
49
109
95.29
86.16
90.41
141
40
3093
21
0
50
Jefferson
4
44
22
22
49
44.51
41.57
93.39
45
9
1029
0
0
3
Jefferson
3
37
24
13
44
35.88
35.07
97.74
14
2
260
0
0
3
Jefferson .
2
38
19
19
44
38.37
35.39
92.23
12
1
1033
1
0
6
Jefferson
1
37
23
14
41
32.43
29.33
90.44
16
0
1101
0
0
0
Total
156
88
68
178
151.19
141.36
93.49
87
12
3423
1
0
12
Washington
5
.
.
4
46
25
21
50
42,52
38.99
91.70
55
20
1080
3
0
54
Washington
3a
34
18
16
36
31.23
27.99
89.64
19
4
920
0
0
9
Washington . .
3b
35
16
19
37
29.82
27.59
92.52
35
18
881
0
0
7
Washington
2
41
23
18
44
37.71
32.92
87.30
132
15
1526
4
0
75
Washington .
1
45
28
17
49
37.25
31.91
85.66
45
6
1621
0
0
93
Total . .
241
133
108
257
216.18
194.50
89.97
312
76
6874
7
0
274
WARD THREE
Hunt
9
31
8
23
31
29.25
26.73
91.40
12
14
746
0
0
7
Hunt
8
47
23
24
49
42.19
37.54
88.98
20
26
1553
2
0
5
Hunt
7
47
27
20
52
43.73
39.62
90.61
23
33
1471
0
0
4
Hunt
6
40
21
19
43
38.62
34.11
88.32
22
40
1459
3
0
5
Hunt
5a
26
12
14
32
26.55
23.94
90.17
15
35
867
1
0
18
Hunt
5b
26
12
14
29
26.61
23.26
87.39
16
19
1128
0
0
6
Hunt
4
43
22
21
47
39.78
36.41
91.53
22
27
1132
0
0
20
Hunt
3
36
13
23
40
34.12
31.09
91.10
18
1
1064
0
0
9
Hunt
2-3
30
12
18
35
28.84
26.04
90.28
10
4
953
0
0
17
Hunt
2
37
20
17
41
33.48
29.36
87.68
10
9
1376
0
0
11
Hunt
1
47
27
20
62
42.20
34.80
82.47
26
3
2560
0
0
25
Total
410
197
213
461
385.37
342.90
88.97
194
211
14309
6
0
127
.
.
. ....
. .
·
40
23
17
41
37.65
35.10
93.23
26
13
846
0
0
36
Washington
.
. .
..
. .
....
... .
. .
. .
..
..
..
.
-
--
-
101
1
. ...
SCHOOLS
Grades
Number
Enrolled
Boys
Girls
Total
Membership
Membership Average
Average
Attendance
Attendance Per Cent. of
Tardiness No. of Cases of
Cases of
Dismission
of Absence No. of Sessions
No. of Cases of
No. of Cases of
Suspension
Visitors
WARD FOUR
Shaw
8-9
15
8
7
17
13.89
12.95
93.26
16
4
280
0
1
88
Shaw
6-7
30
16
14
33
29.06
27.00
92.26
44
25
825
0
1
16
Shaw
3-4
34
17
17
38
34.14
31.42
92.03
111
44
1051
0
0
66
Shaw
1-2
27
10
17
29
21.79
19.69
90.40
42
11
681
0
0
40
·
Total
106
51
55
117
98.88
91.06
92.09
213
84
2837
0
2
210
Pratt
7-8
20
13
7
20
18.75
17.52
93.44
5
26
415
0
1
27
Pratt
5-6
43
21
22
44
42.42
39.09
92.19
10
31
1125
0
0
19
Pratt
3-4
25
13
12
28
23.41
20.93
89.41
22
20
829
0
0
8
Pratt
1-2
40
24
16
47
37.32
32.31
86.59
20
:7
1684
0
0
38
Total
$128
71
57
139
121.90
109.85
90.12
57
84
4053
0
1
92
WARD FIVE
Nevin
9
35
14
21
36
32.44
30.64
94.47
23
24
863
0
1
26
Nevin
8
28
17
11
31
28.27
26.31
93.06
32
30
536
0
0
9
Nevin
7
41
16
25
42
35.62
33.29
93.47
16
33
1353
0
0
12
Nevin
6
47
25
22
50
41.98
39.31
93.63
51
37
1120
0
0
15
Nevin
5
48
23
25
50
43.44
39.65
91.27
14
73
1381
0
0
93
Nevin
4
45
23
22
49
37.62
34.31
91.20
21
19
966
0
0
147
Nevin
3
43
15
28
48
40.83
37.12
90.91
64
24
801
0
0
33
Nevin
2
37
21
16
39
33.81
31.40
92.87
30
11
635
2
0
68
Nevin
1
42
23
19
48
40.28
35.15
87.26
35
14
643
0
0
48
102
.
.
.
..
..
....
...
...
.
. . .
.
..
-
Truancy
Hollis .
1-4
12
6
11
11.65 23.54
9.90 21.36
84.00 90.76
25
7
0
0
20
Total
. .
366
177
189
393
334.29
307.18
91.89
286
265
8298
2
1
451
WARD TOTALS
Ward 1
546
274
272
622
506.01
456.88
90.29
470
282
15643
27
4 190
Ward 2
806
420
386
871
756.60
696.99
92.12
682
275
19707
109
1
422
Ward 3
410
197
213
461
385.37
342.90
89.70
194
211
14309
6
0 127
Ward 4
234
122
112
256
220.78
200.91
91.00
270
168
6890
0
3 302
Ward 5
408
200
208
436
369.48
338.44
91.60
319
282
9207
2
1 479
High School ...
327
139
188
331
291.50
264.55
90.80
629
404
4730
0
0
15
-
Grand Total ...
2731
1352
1379
2977
2529.74
2300.67
90.94
2564
1622
70486
142
9
1535
8
10
386 523
0
0
8
Pond
1-4
30
6 17
13
32
-
. ...
......
. .....
. . ....
.
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FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS | LIBRARY WEYMOUTH, MASS. 1919
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TRUSTEES.
Joseph Chase, Jr. William A. Drake. Francis M. Drown. James H. Flint.
Joseph E. Gardner. William F. Hathaway. John B. Holland. Kenneth L. Nash.
Clarance P. Whittle. SELECTMEN, EX-OFFICIO.
John F. Dwyer. Joseph A. Fern.
Alfred W. Hastings. Bradford Hawes.
George L. Newton.
OFFICERS. Clarance P. Whittle, President. Francis M. Drown, Secretary.
LIBRARIAN. Abbie L. Loud.
ASSISTANTS.
Alice B. Blanchard.
Phyllis E. Palmer.
JANITOR. Frank D. Sherman.
INFORMATION.
The library is for the use of all residents of Weymouth.
Temporary residents are entitled to the same privileges as resi- dents.
The library is open every day excepting Sundays, Legal holidays, and June 17th.
Library hours : 2 to 8 p. m. daily, except Wednesday, 2 to 5 p. m., and Saturday, 2 to 9 p. m.
Summer hours: July and August, 2 to 6 p. m .; Wed- nesday and Saturday as above.
Two cards are issued to each borrower over twelve years of age. A white card for general use and a green special card for non-fiction, including magazines and music scores.
A white card is given to each child between nine and twelve years of age if the application is signed by a trustee of the library.
Teachers and students are given cards which permit the taking of ten or more books, other than adult fiction, for twenty-eight days.
The vacation privilege allows a borrower to take several books, not recent publications, for an extended time.
All books from the circulating department, even the new fiction, may be kept for fourteen days. Recent numbers of magazines are limited to seven days with no renewal.
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A book cannot be transferred from one card to another, but may be renewed by mail or *telephone, unless stamped THIS BOOK CANNOT BE RENEWED. The shelf number or title of the book and the bor- rower's name should be stated when the request for renewal is made.
A fine of two cents a day will be incurred for each day's detention of a book after it is due. When a book is sent for by the librarian it will be at the expense of the borrower.
Signs and abbreviations used in the booklists :
R Reference.
+ Gift.
* Not loaned without permission. j Juvenile.
Cases of contagious diseases are reported to the library by the Board of Health and all books which have been exposed to contagion are burned.
For the convenience of residents living in different parts of the town, books are exchanged through the delivery stations once a week as follows :
Lovell's Corner W. W. Pratt Tuesday
South Weymouth Fogg Memorial Library Tuesday
South Weymouth
Marshall P. Sprague
Tuesday
East Weymouth
Marion F. French
Wednesday
Weymouth Center Bates & Humphrey Wednesday
North Weymouth H. O. Collyer Friday
Weymouth HeightsW. J. Sladen Friday
Application for borrowers' cards may be made at the delivery sta- tions. Class lists and book lists may be consulted or purchased at these stations.
THE TUFTS LIBRARY CLASS LISTS
Class List No. 1.
English Fiction. 1879-1900. 1900.
Class list No. 2. Biography, History, Travel. 1879-1902.
1902.
Class List No. 3.
General Works, Philosophy, Religion, Sociology, Natural Science, Useful Arts, Fine Arts, Language, Litera- ture. 1879-1903. 1903. Class List No. 4. Supplement. All Classes. 1904.
Class List No. 5.
Supplement.
All Classes.
1910.
Class List No. 6.
Supplement. All Classes. 1917.
The set of six Class Lists, which form a complete printed catalogue of the library, from 1879 to 1917, can be purchased for fifty cents.
* Telephone, Weymouth 112-W.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY.
The forty-first annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Tufts Library is respectfully submitted as follows :
The Library was open 301 days during the year, with a circulation of 60,478 volumes, a daily average of 201; of this number, 30,311 volumes circulated through the delivery stations and the schools. The largest number issued on any one day was 518, on April 18, and the smallest number was 56, on July 2.
The table below shows the number distributed through the several delivery stations.
Precincts.
Delivery Stations.
Loans
1
H. O. Collyer
6,000
1
W. J. Sladen
2,538
2 & 6
Mrs. Marion F. French
5,401
2 & 6
Bates & Humphrey
1,490
4
W. W. Pratt
1,267
4
Marshall P. Sprague
688
5
Fogg Memorial Library
1,416
18,800
CLASSIFICATION OF CIRCULATION.
Class.
Loans.
Per Cent.
Arts
2,084
3.45
Biography
1,128
1.87
Fiction
39,300
64.96
History
3,185
5.27
Literature
1,175
1.94
Natural science
1,568
2.60
Poetry
1,067
1.77
Social science
1,113
1.85
Theology
121
.20
Travels
2,572
4.24
Periodicals
unbound 6,066
bound 1,099
7,165
11.85
60,478
100.00
Collections of 11,511 books have been deposited with 8 schools, in- cluding 1 Sunday school. Both teachers and pupils express their warm appreciation of the privileges accorded them. While the teachers have borrowed only 622 books on the Teacher's special cards books, for their individual use, have been included in the col- lections sent to the schools.
On the 74 Student's cards issued during the year, 1421 volumes borrowed. Vacation cards, upon which 158 books were loaned, were enjoyed by 8 borrowers.
The privileges accorded the borrowers by means of these cards are stated in the Information pages which precede the body of this re- port.
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Since the beginning of the third registration, in 1909, the applica- tions for borrowers' cards number 5,137; 430 of which were made during 1919. This is 112 more than in the previous year.
Our records show that 46 books were lost-most of these were badly worn children's books; 6 were paid for by the borrowers; 15 books were burned on account of contagious diseases; 134 books were discarded because unfit for circulation ; 2 books previously re- ported lost were found.
Because of the illness of a member of the staff, an inventory has been taken this year of biography and fiction only,
Many of the larger libraries no longer attempt to take a complete inventory each year, as it consumes too much of the time which is needed in the regular work. A part of the book shelves is checked by the shelf list each year, until in two or three years, an inventory is completed, without undue effort.
The total number of accessions at the close of the year was 35,929, of which 712, including 106 replacements, 64 gifts, and 84 bound periodicals, were added in 1919. There were 307 volumes rebound, and many books repaired at the Library, of which no exact record can be kept. This work increases year by year.
The books added to the Library in 1919, with the exception of duplicates, replacements, and gifts, are listed in Appendix B-Books purchased from Special Funds.
The number of books in the reference department was increased by the following additions : American year book, 1918 ; Boston directory, for the year commencing July 1, 1919; Resident and business direc- tory of Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1919-1920; Encyclopedia of reli- gion and ethics, ed. by James Hastings, and others (v. 10) ; Index to poetry and recitations, ed. by Edith Granger (revised and en- larged edition, 1918) ; Massachusetts-Journal of the House of Rep- resentatives, 1918; Journal of the Senate, 1918; Manual of the Gen -. eral Court, 1919; General acts, 1918; Special acts and resolves, 1918; New Hazell annual and almanack, 1919; New International year book, 1918; Guide to the best historical novels and tales by Nield; Readers' guide to periodical literature [cumulated] v. 4, 1915-1918, ed. by E. J. Sherwood and E. E. Painter ; + Standard dictionary of facts ; + Standard question book and home study outlines [Founded on "The Standard dictionary of facts,"]; Statesman's year-book, 1918, 1919 : Tennyson dictionary, by A. E. Baker; Waverley synopses. by J. W. McSpadden ; Who's Who, 1919; Who's Who in America, v. 10, 1918- 1919; World almanac and encyclopedia, 1919.
The list of periodicals for 1920 is given in Appendix C. Little Folks, formerly Cassell's Little Folks, has been discontinued. The following periodicals have changed their titles since last year :- The Art World is now Arts and Decoration ; the Scientific American Supplement is now the Scientific American Monthly ; the Unpopular Review, is the Unpartisan Review ; and the Y. W. C. A. War Work Bulletin has become the Blue Triangle News.
The 12 collections of pictures from the Library Art Club, exhibited in the Reading room, were as follows: Great War in Europe, Pt. VII., French and German; War in the Air; Pictures in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, Pt. VIII., English school, Reynolds and others; Warsaw and Cracow, with war scenes in Poland; Minor munitions of war; Mount Holyoke college ; Apples ; Great guns ; Old Newburyport houses ; Britain's navy ; Menace of the submarine.
The gifts of the year include, as usual, annual reports, bulletins,
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and other publications from libraries and colleges ; books, pamphlets, and periodicals from individuals and societies, and publications from the State and Federal governments. Mrs. Mary Fifield King has added to the Fifield Collection, as in previous years, numerous papers and pamphlets of historical interest.
The largest gift of the year, consisting of about two hundred vol- umes, was bequeathed to the Library by the late William H. Pratt. The Library also received a hundred or more books from Mrs. Mabel L. Perkins .. Several books were presented by Lester H. Cushing, Mrs. Caroline R. Foster, Miss Elizabeth S. Tolman, and Mrs. Syl- vanus B. Richmond. A copy of the "Standard History of Essex County, Massachusetts," 1878, was the gift of Mr. Wilfred B. Mathew- son.
The Trustees take this opportunity to acknowledge these gifts and also to thank the donors, whose, names may be found in Appendix D. The annual meeting of the Bates Association was held on August 7, at the. Bates Opera House. Through its President, Mr. Walter L. Bates, of South Weymouth, the freedom of the Library was offered to the Association, by the President of the Board of Trustees, and the invitation was; gratefully accepted. During the morning hours the members, from far and near, inspected the books and photo- graphs of local, historical and genealogical interest, which were dis- played for their benefit. Mrs. Mary Fifield King, who gave an ad- dress before the Association,, in the afternoon, concerning the Elias Richards house in Washington Square, Weymouth, was at the Li- brary in the morning. In her usual enthusiastic manner, Mrs. King told the visitors the story of the Fifield Collection,-describing the various books, pamphlets, and other relics of which it is composed, and explaining their historical interest in connection with the town of Weymouth. The nucleus of this collection was presented to the Library by Mrs. King and her mother, Mrs. Emily Fifield, in 1911. Mrs. King, with continued generosity, is adding to the collection, year by year. 11
The approaching tercentenary of the town of Weymouth, in 1922, as well as that of Plymouth, in 1920, makes it desirable to enrich our history department by purchasing as many books as possible re- lating to these first two settlements in Massachusetts and to collect pictures and relics pertaining to our local history, in order to arouse and encourage the interest of our townspeople in the early history of Weymouth.
The circulation of the year exceeded that of any other year since the opening of the Fogg Memorial Library, at South Weymouth, in 1898. The number of new applicants for cards, as stated above, was 112 more than in 1918; yet the number of borrowers is still a small percentage of the population of the town.
The Library belongs to you, who are inhabitants of Weymouth, and all of you should share in its benefits. You support it, your money is invested in it. Why not visit the Library and spend an hour or two with your old book friends, or make new ones, choosing one or two of them to take home with you for more leisurely reading? Please remember, also, if you need information upon any subject, and cannot come to the Library in person, that the Library has a tele- phone, the number of which can be found under Weymouth in the Telephone Directory.
*See annual report of the Trustees of the Tufts Library for 1911 and the following years.
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If you desire a book which the Library does not own, tell the Li- brarian. Its purchase will gladly be considered. The Trustees take pleasure in complying with such requests. A number of volumes are purchased every year at the request of students and other users of the Library.
It has been the custom of the Library to publish in the local news- paper lists of the new books when they are ready for circulation, and also to include in the Annual report a list of the year's purchases. These lists are eagerly welcomed by our regular borrowers. They stimulate in others, also, a desire to become borrowers.
A progressive library, in a recent report, announces that "In 1915, the Library began a systematic campaign of 'paid newspaper adver- tising.' Each week a timely and pertinent 'display ad.' was prepared for the local newspaper. The increased use of all departments of the Library is largely due to this method of reaching the homes of this community." Some method of advertising is necessary to arouse the interest of the public in the books which are worthy of its atten- tion. PUBLICITY is the watchword of the modern library.
Free access to the book shelves was begun, as hoped for in last year's report, on April 8. It proved so satisfactory that it was con- tinued throughout the year, and doubtless will become a permanent feature of the library administration. The change to open shelves was made with the smallest possible expense. A new desk should be put in the delivery room-a desk large enough to accommodate three workers-in order to increase the efficiency of the delivery department.
To give the children the advantages which are their due, and which the children of progressive towns and cities enjoy, the Li- brary should provide a children's room. Books read in childhood be- come a source of wealth and strength, not only to the child himself, but to the community in which he dwells. This plea for a children's room has been reiterated year after year for nearly twenty years. Is it not time for the town to act?
The advisability of establishing a branch of the Tufts Library, at East Weymouth, is still open for consideration. To start such a branch would, of course, require a special appropriation from the town, unless some public spirited citizen should donate a building and its equipment for this purpose. For the maintenance of the branch an annual appropriation would be needed. This expense, however, would be offset in a measure by a reduction in the cost of the weekly transportation of the books, and in the wear and tear on the books themselves. By depositing several thousand volumes at the branch, the present crowded condition of the stacks could be re- lieved and the immediate necessity of more shelf capacity, with its attendant expense, would be obviated.
Many cities and towns have substituted branch libraries for their delivery stations, and so have accommodated more people; increasing thereby both the service and the circulation of their libraries. The children in the neighborhood of each branch are encouraged to acquire the "library habit" which helps them to become more intelligent citizens. It is interesting to note, also, that several towns are intro- ducing the house to house delivery of books.
For several years the Library has been hampered by insufficient funds. On account of this, even the building itself has waited too long for needed repairs. To keep up the standard of the library and to act upon suggestions for increasing its value, the Trustees must be supported by an adequate appropriation.
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The town's appropriation for the purchase of books should not be reduced, because generous friends have given funds for this purpose, as it was evidently the intention of the donors that these funds should supplement instead of diminish the appropriation from the town.
The income from only one of these funds can be used to purchase fiction, therefore, to satisfy the legitimate demand for this class of books, the appropriation should not be lessened because of the en- dowment funds. As none of the town's money yields a better return to each inhabitant of Weymouth, from youth to extreme old age, than that used for the support of the Library ; the Trustees feel con- fident that this plain statement of its pressing needs will be suffi- cient to secure a liberal appropriation.
The Trustees do not expect the town to act, at once, upon all of the foregoing plans for enlarged service, but they submit these sug- gestions for consideration, with the hope that the year 1920 will see some of them, at least, on the way to realization.
CLARANCE P. WHITTLE, By order and in behalf of the Trustees.
Appendix A. Table of Statistics.
Appendix B. Books purchased from Special Funds.
Appendix C. Periodicals.
Appendix D. Donors.
APPENDIX A .- TABLE OF STATISTICS.
Days open during the year
301
Number of volumes at beginning of year
30,739
Number of volumes added during the year by purchase
648
Number of volumes added during the year by gift
64
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn during the year
195
Number of books previously reported lost, found
2
Total number at end of year
31,258
Number of volumes of fiction lent
39,300
Number of volumes lent to schools
11,511
Total number of volumes lent during the year
60,478
Average daily circulation
201
Number of delivery stations
7
Number of volumes lent through the delivery stations
18,800
Number of new borrowers registered during the year
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