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Hilmer S. Nelson
Director
2800.00
1925
11
2
4 10
John B. Farrar, B. S.
Assistant
1560.00
1934
2
4
3
0
(Salaries paid by Norfolk County Agricultural School.)
JUNIOR ANNEX
Eleanor L. Garvin, B. S. Ed.
VIII
1650.00
1927
9
4
5
0
Mary E. McMorrow, B. S. Ed.
VIII
1600.00
1926
10
4
6
0
Mary B. Thomas
VIII
1600.00
1933
301/2 1
5
0
Russell H. Mazzola, B. S.
VII
1200.00
1934
2
5
1
0
Helena F. Reidy
VII
1800.00
1913
24 2
22
0
JUNIOR MANUAL ARTS CLASS
Dorothy W. Bearce, B. S. Ed.
1100.00
1936
1
4
0
0
Wallace T. Driscoll, B. S. Ed.
1600.00
1934
2
5
4
1
Doris M. Partridge
1700.00
1930
101%
2
4
0
Helen Varnum
1600.00
1932
7
5
2
4
*Temporary.
Francis E. Whipple, Jr.
220
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
Name and School
Grade
Salary,
January 1, 1937
Elected
Years Teaching
Experience
Years College or
Normal Training
Other Courses
ABIGAIL ADAMS SCHOOL
Church Street, East Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 1612-J
Annie S. McDowell
Prin .- VI
1600.00
1934
20
1
5
Miriam T. Hollis, B. S. Ed.
VIII
1600.00
1928
8
4
8
Dorothy U. Murphy, B. S. Ed.
VII
1750.00
1924
16
4
0
Ruth E. Mayo
1600.00
1927
9
3
6
Barbara F. Libbey
IV
1100.00
1934
3
3
1
Margaret Dingwall, B. S. Ed.
III
1800.00
1912
24
4
3
JOHN ADAMS SCHOOL
Jane Stub
II
1300.00
1932
4
3
2
Helen G. Lebbossiere
I 1300.00
1931
5
2
5
ATHENS SCHOOL
Athens Street, North Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 1571-R.
Joseph U. Teague
Prin .- VI
2000.00
1922
21
1 3
Marie F. Galvin
V 1750.00
1921
15
2
7
Pauline Cassese
III-IV
1000.00
1934
2
2
1
Beatrice M. White
I-II
1650.00
1926
11 2
7
BICKNELL SCHOOL
Bicknell Square, North Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 0306.
E. Leo Madden
Prin.
2600.00
1922
14 3 3
George J. McCarthy, B. S. Ed. Asst. Prin .- VIII
1700.00
1932
51/2 4 0
Esther L. Mayo
VIII
1600.00
1928
8
3
3
Elizabeth A. Murphy, A. B.
VIII
1200.00
1934 2
4
5
Eva C. Bernier, B. S. Ed.
VII
1200.00
1934
2
4
1
Preston A. DePlacido, A. B.
VII
1500.00
1932
4 4
3
Barbara H. Pray, B. S. Ed.
VII
1400.00
1932
4
4
3
Alma M. Roche
VI 1400.00
1930
6
2
6
Mignon E. Pray
V-VI
1600.00
1927
9 2
6
Josephine M. Caruso
V
1100.00
1934
2
3
1
Marion MacWilliams
IV
1700.00
1926
16
1
19
Isabel Tutty, B. S. Ed.
IV
1100.00
1935
1
4
6
Alice K. Guertin, B. S. Ed.
III
1600.00
1928
8
4
3
Marjorie Maynard
III
1550.00
1929
7
2
5
Alice E. Olson, B. S. Ed.
II
1200.00
1934
2
4
2
Helen C. Tracy
II
1000.00
1934
2
2
0
A. Aileen McGrath, B. S. Ed.
I
1200.00
1934
2
4
0
Alice M. Murphy
I 1600.00
1926
10
2
4
221
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
Name and School
Grade
January 1, 1937 Salary,
Elected
Years Teaching
Experience
Years College or
Normal Training
Other Courses
JAMES HUMPHREY SCHOOL
Humphrey Street, East Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 1048-W.
Gertrude L. Reid
Prin. $2100.00
1902
34
2
23
Elizabeth Egan
VI
1800.00
1914
37
1
15
Sadie A. Lambe
VI
1100.00
1934
2
3
0
Anne F. Conroy
V
1750.00
1894
42
1
4
Margarita M. Jones
V 1600.00
1927
9
2
26
Katherine C. Fogarty
IV
1800.00
1905
34
2
4
M. Frances Lebbossiere, A. B.
III
1300.00
1933
3
4
2
Mary B. Halligan
II
1600.00
1926
10
2
8
Alice B. Keohan
I 1600.00
1927
9
2
6
JEFFERSON SCHOOL
Middle Street, East Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 1128-W.
Ruth M. Reidy
Prin .- IV 2000.00
1912
24 2 10
Margaret L. Mitchell
III
1400.00
1930
6
2
3
Mellissa Chase
II
1800.00
1909
28
3
14
Mary C. Shea
I 1650.00
1917
19
2
5
WASHINGTON SCHOOL
Commercial Square, East Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 0297-M.
Rosamond E. Cunniff
Prin .- V
1950.00
1920
18 2 10
Mary A. Fitzsimmons, A. B.
VII
1200.00
1934
2
4
3
Esther M. Rydgren
VI
1400.00
1930
6
2
5
Helen E. O'Halloran, B. S. Ed.
IV
1200.00
1934 2
4 0
Marie E. Conroy, A. B.
III
1000.00
1936
0
4 0
Ruth B. Sylvester, B. S. Ed.
II
1200.00
1934
2
4
2
Norma R. Brown, B. S. Ed.
I 1700.00
1931
16
4
8
HUNT SCHOOL
Broad Street, Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 1006.
Charles Y. Berry, L. L. B.
Prin.
3000.00 1910 28 6
Robert H. Hiatt
Asst. Prin .- VIII
2000.00
1926
11
3
3
Mary E. Lonergan, B. L. I.
VIII
1200.00
1934
2
4
1
Dorothea E. Abbott
VII
1300.00
1932
4
3
2
Nunzie C. Daniele
VII
1500.00
1931
5
3
1
Clara E. McGreevy
VI
1750.00
1917
44
1
4
Hazel E. Smith, B. S. Ed.
VI
1000.00
1936
0
4
0
Elisabeth T. Tracy
VI
1800.00
1902
35
2
7
Martha A. Loud
V
1800.00
1916
6
M. Dorothy. Reilly
V 1100.00
1934
271/2 1 2 3
1
1
222
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
Name and School
Grade
Salary,
January 1, 1937
Elected
Years Teaching
Experience
Years College or
Normal Training
Other Courses
Mabelle Claffin
IV $1650.00
1928
12
2
16
Marie K. Ghiorse
IV
1400.00
1930
6
2
7
Mary E. Crotty
III
1600.00
1887
49
1
0
Mary M. Leonard
III
1100.00
1934
2
3
5
Grace A. Randall
II
1700.00
1903
39
2
4
Martha H. Whittle
II
1600.00
1926
10
2
2
Helen F. Galvin
I
1750.00
1923
13
2
4
Susan M. Tracy
I 1800.00
1907
29
2
7
CENTER SCHOOL
Middle and Washington Streets, East Weymouth.
Constance E. Nash
Prin .- III-IV
1000.00
1936 1
3
0
Winifred Lennon, B. S. Ed.
I-II
1300.00
1933
31/2 4 3
PRATT SCHOOL
Pleasant Street, East Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 0297-R.
Mabel E. Roode
Prin .- VIII
2050.00
1926 28 2 12
Jeannette F. Hawes, B. S. Ed.
VII
1200.00
1934
2
4
0
Marie B. Upton
VI 1600.00
1929
7
3
7
John E. Hunt, B. S.
V 1200.00
1934 2
4
0
Marion R. Loud
IV
1600.00
1927 9
4
9
Ruth J. Nolan
III
1000.00
1934
2
2
2
A. Alberta Richmond
II
1300.00
1931
5
2
1
M. Alice Owen, B. S. Ed.
I 1600.00
1931
6
4
3.
SHAW SCHOOL
Main Street, South Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 1048-M.
May I. Letteney
Prin .- VII-VIII 1850.00
1922 17 2 14
Edward F. Tracy, A.B., A.M.
VI
1200.00
1935
1
5
0
Virginia Nye, A.B.
V 1200.00
1934 2
4
2
Ethel M. Hiatt
III-IV 1700.00 1915 25
2
6
Margaret Q. Donahue
I-II
1600.00
1922 18
2
3
EDWARD B. NEVIN SCHOOL
Main Street, South Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 1327.
Grace B. Simmons
Prin. 2400.00
1919 40 0 27
Marion E. Brown, A.B.
Asst. Prin .- VII 1500.00
1931
5
4
22
Daniel A. Johnson, Jr.
VIII
1100.00
1934 2
3
4
Alice J. Story
VI
1500.00
1936
14 3
2
Elizabeth L. Hallahan
V 1750.00
1894
421/2 1 6
Ruth Thompson
V 1700.00
1928
.17 2
3
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EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
Name and School
Grade
Salary,
January 1, 1937
Elected
Years Teaching
Experience
Years College or
Normal Training
Other Courses
Helen M. King
IV $1600.00
1928
8
3
6
Winifred L. Conant
III
1750.00
1923
15
0
12
Doris B. Glidden, B. S. Ed.
II
1200.00
1934
2
4
0
L. May Chessman
I
1800.00
1900
36
2
18
POND SCHOOL
off Pond Street, South Weymouth. Telephone-Weymouth 1128-M.
Alice E. Fulton, B. S. Ed.
Prin .- VI
1950.00
1921
15 6
6
David A. J. Burns, B. S., Ed. M.
VIII
1600.00
1931
5
5
2
Genevieve A. Perkins, B. S. Ed.
VII
1500.00
1930
6
4
5
Esther R. Visco
V
1600.00
1927 9
2
5
Myrtle E. Pray, B. S. Ed.
IV
1100.00
1935
1
4
0
Margaret S. Wise
III
1550.00
1930
7
2
3
Josephine E. Ray
II
1500.00
1931
7
2
7
Dorothy M. Fitzpatrick
I
1300.00
1931
5
2
1
SUPERVISORS
Pauline Ahern
Sewing
1300.00
1933
3
3
6
Sarah E. Brassill
School Gardens
2000.0
1916
39
2
0
Vera Freeman
Asst. Drawing
1000.00
1934
3
4
7
John M. Lyons
Asst. Music
1200.00
1935
2
4
1
Anna A. MacDavitt, R. N.
Nurse
2000.00
1922
14
4
3
Flora H. McGrath, B. S. Ed., Ed. M.
Director of Courses of Study
2300.00
1928
9
6
7
Vance W. Monroe
Music
2400.00
1928
11
0
6
Marion E. Ray
Drawing
1700.00
1929
8
5
15
Alice L. Tucker
Manual Training
2000.00
1912
25 2
4
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JANITORS
HIGH SCHOOL
Mrs. Beatrice Bates, 93 Pearl Street, North Weymouth Harry W. Caldwell, 335 North Street, North Weymouth William M. Hughes, 496 Broad Street, East Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 1047
James Maguire, 166 Middle Street, East Weymouth Edward Pottle, 15 Lochmere Avenue, North Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 0912-R
JUNIOR ANNEX
M. Ward Holbrook, 742 Main Street, South Weymouth
ADAMS SCHOOLS
Henry W. Blanchard, 662 Commercial Street, East Weymouth
ATHENS SCHOOL
Fred W. Stoddard, 1645 Commercial Street, East Weymouth BICKNELL SCHOOL
Warren E. Miller, 16 Howard Street, North Weymouth Emil J. Olson, 39 Massasoit Road, North Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 1812-J
JAMES HUMPHREY SCHOOL
Wallace W. Rodgerson, 25 off Lake Street, East Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 2451-W
JEFFERSON SCHOOL
Irving S. Newcomb, 108 Middle Street, East Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 1032
WASHINGTON SCHOOL
John H. Connell, 44 Iron Hill Street, East Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 1111-W
HUNT SCHOOL
John M. Sullivan, 4 Stetson Street, Weymouth Thomas Sweeney, 16 Broad Street, Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 2498-W
CENTER SCHOOL
Ronald L. White, 770 Washington Street, East Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 2598
PRATT SCHOOL
Herbert T. MacFawn, 731 Pleasant Street, East Weymouth
SHAW SCHOOL
Frederick J. Blanchard, 31 Highland Place, South Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 0237-J.
EDWARD B. NEVIN SCHOOL
Winfield B. Baker, 27 Tower Avenue, South Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 0652-W.
POND SCHOOL
Joseph A. Rogers, 181 Pond Street, South Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 1756-W.
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SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
ADAMS, ATHENS, AND BICKNELL SCHOOLS
Wallace H. Drake, M. D., 88 Sea Street, North Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 0450
JAMES HUMPHREY SCHOOL AND JUNIOR ANNEX
J. Herbert Libby, M. D., 707 Broad Street, East Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 0216
JEFFERSON AND WASHINGTON SCHOOLS Harris E. Bowmar, M. D., 665 Broad Street, East Weymouth Telephone Weymouth 0034
HUNT AND CENTER SCHOOLS
Lewis W. Pease, M. D., 135 Webb Street, Weymouth Telephone Weymouth 0611
PRATT AND SHAW SCHOOLS
Karle H. Granger, M. D., 129 Pleasant Street, South Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 2080
EDWARD B. NEVIN AND POND SCHOOLS
Robert R. Ryan, M. D., 32 Union Street, South Weymouth Telephone-Weymouth 1380
FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY WEYMOUTH, MASS. 1936
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FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
Gertrude C. Andrews Francis N. Drown John Griffin William F. Hathaway
John B. Holland Joseph Kelley Kenneth L. Nash
Franklin N. Pratt
Clarance P. Whittle
SELECTMEN EX-OFFICIO
Everett E. Callahan William A. Connell
Joseph Crehan Joseph A. Fern
Marshall F. Spear
Edwin R. Sampson, Town Treasurer
OFFICERS Clarance P. Whittle, President Gertrude C. Andrews, Secretary
LIBRARIAN
Christine E. Evarts
ASSISTANTS
Alice M. Gowdy Alice M. Peers
Ruth B. Reed Florence G. Truax
Edith L. Payson, Cataloger Rachael .M. Bodine, Children's Librarian
BRANCH LIBRARIANS
Mary M. Dingwall, North Weymouth Branch *Martha J. Hawes, East Weymouth Branch Irene E. Langevin, East Weymouth Branch Florence G. Truax, Weymouth Heights Station
JANITOR
Thomas E. Shea
Retired
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INFORMATION
Hours: Main Library 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. daily. Children's Room 2.30 to 6 P.M. daily; Saturday 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Summer hours: July and August 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. Saturday 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Branches: 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P.M. daily except Wednesday.
Weymouth Heights Station: 2.30 to 6 and 7 to 8 Thursday.
The Library and the Branches are not open Sundays, legal holidays, nor the 17th of June.
The Library is for the use of all residents of Weymouth. Temporary residents are entitled to the same privileges as permanent residents.
Each card issued to an adult entitles the holder to one book of recent fiction (a book published within the last year, one current periodical, and any reasonable number of other books.
Children under Senior High School age are entitled to a card if the application is signed by a parent or guardian. Cards issued to children entitle the holders to two books, only one of which may be fiction.
All books from the circulating department, except the new fiction, may be kept for 14 days. At the request of the borrower any book not in de- mand will be charged for one month, subject to recall after two weeks if requested by other borrowers. Fiction published within the last calendar year, and recent numbers of magazines are limited to seven days with no renewal privilege.
The vacation privilege allows a borrower to take books which are not recent publications for an extended time.
A book cannot be transferred from one card to another, but any 14-day book may be renewed at the library, by mail or by telephone, (*) unless another borrower has asked to have the book reserved. The date due, the author and title of the book, and the borrower's number should be stated when the request for renewal is made.
Any book will be reserved at the request of a borrower, who will be notified as soon as the book is available. A charge of one cent is made for this service.
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.
Cases of contagious diseases are reported to the library by the Board of Health, and 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 Stations as follows:
Lovell's Corner, W. B. Chalke & Sons Tuesday
South Weymouth, Fogg Memorial Library Tuesday
South Weymouth, Alfred S. Tirrell Tuesday
East Weymouth, East Weymouth Branch Thursday
North Weymouth, North Weymouth Branch Thursday Weymouth Heights, Adams School Thursday
(*) Telephone: Main Library, Wey. 1309-M.
East Weymouth Branch, Wey. 1920-W.
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FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY
The Trustees of the Tufts Library herewith submit their fifty-eighth annual report covering the work of the library during the year 1936.
For the past several years the library has been challenged by the problems of the depression. Enforced leisure, with little money for recreation, caused many people who had not previously been readers to turn to their libraries. Many came for recreation, but there were also many who sought information, practical help, and inspiration. Books dealing with the problems and issues of a troubled world were in constant demand; a new interest was manifest in cultural subjects, in child study, and in the new psychology; and the circulation of books on religion more than doubled. It is very significant that in the years since 1929 when the depression came upon us, the library has had an 82% gain in the cir- culation of non-fiction and a 15% gain in the circulation of fiction.
In common with libraries throughout the country, this increase in book circulation reached its peak in 1933 when the depression was at its height. That there has been since then a gradual lessening in the number of books read, not alone in Weymouth but everywhere throughout our land, is doubtless due in part to the forces of recovery and the gradual re- employment of the people. But another factor has been operating, and in the past year it has become increasingly evident in our own library. The tremendous increase in the use of books during the depression has taken its toll of our book stock. Book appropriations had to be curtailed for the sake of economy, and at the same time the income from invested funds shrank to little more than one-half its former value. In 1932 the Tufts Library spent $4,747.84 for books and periodicals, whereas in 1936 the expenditure was $3,659.62, a loss of 23%. The cumulative loss in book funds since 1932 is more than $3,800 or a full year's expenditure for books and periodicals. The result has been inevitable. The books most in demand wore out; bindery bills increased; and replacements could not keep pace with withdrawals. During 1936 the library added 2,717 new books, yet the net gain to our book stock was only 1,071, and many of these had to be duplicate copies of popular books or replacements of worn out but much needed volumes. If libraries are to meet the demands of borrowers, the depleted book stocks must be gradually renewed, and the worn and shabby books replaced or rebound. Otherwise a loss in the value of the book collection to the community will be inevitable.
In spite of this the circulation of books in the Tufts Library in 1936 was 173,299, a gain of 28% over the pre-depression figures of 1929. The divisions between adult and juvenile, fiction and non-fiction, and main library and branches are shown in the table at the end of this report. A comparison with the figures of 1935 brings out the following facts:
A 1% loss in total circulation.
A 10% gain in the circulation of children's books.
A 91/2 % gain in the circulation of non-fiction.
With the exception of the year 1934 the Tufts Library has had a steady gain in the circulation of non-fiction, and during the last three years, when libraries everywhere have reported a falling off in circulation figures our losses are found to be in fiction only. The non-fiction circulation in 1936 is the highest in the history of the library.
There has been a definite and steady gain in the circulation at Wey- mouth Heights ever since the service was established in the little room in the Adams School in April 1933. Previously there had been a weekly basket delivery to the Economy Store, and in 1932, the last full year that
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that service was in operation, 2,095 books were circulated through that agency. Last year the people of Weymouth Heights borrowed 10,250 books through the service at the Adams School and they are asking now to have the room open on two days instead of one each week. The cir- culation in 1936 was nearly one-third that of the larger branches, which are open five days a week and a gain of 389% in four years is evidence of the value of this branch of the library service to the people of its community. The Trustees appreciate very much the co-operation of the School Department in making available to the Library space for this service in the Adams School.
The reference work has been heavy during the past year. The urgent problems of our own country, and the critical situations in the whole world have stimulated much reading and study in addition to the usual school assignments for the High School boys and girls.
The children's room is always a center of eager interest. The cir- culation of books from that room alone was 25,100 in 1936. Deposits of from 10 to 90 books, and totaling 1,078 books, have been sent from the room to nine of the Weymouth Schools. From these books there has been a class-room circulation of 6,226. This is a very important branch of the work of the library and eventually the Children's Room should have a separate book collection for school use in order to adequately cover this growing field.
One project of the Children's Room in 1936 deserves special mention. A Travel Club was conducted by the Library and through its agency the boys and girls have visited nearly every country in the world through books. Three of our teachers, who have themselves travelled, gave talks to these boys and girls. Mrs. Flora MacGrath showed them moving pic- tures of her trip to the continent and the British Isles; Miss Louisa Hill told them of Switzerland; and Miss Mae Chessman took them to Holland and treated them to tastes of imported Dutch cheese. It was surely a generous gift of time and interest on the part of these teachers and the Library appreciates such co-operation.
In connection with our travels we have had exhibits of foreign articles and pictures of far countries loaned by Miss Eleanor Garvin and Miss Mae Chessman. Other exhibits have included sixteen posters made by High School students in a poster campaign for better moving pictures and loaned by the Monday Club. An exhibit of minerals and rocks illustrating the geology of Eastern Massachusetts was loaned by Trop 2 of the Boy Scouts of America. They also loaned specimens of the different kinds of wood found in Weymouth and its vicinity for exhibit at the East Wey- mouth Branch. Boat models, including a battle-ship, a steamship, a whaler and a privateer, and a model of H. M. S. Bounty attracted much attention. An exhibit of soap sculptures, loaned by the Proctor and Gamble Soap Company, inspired three of our boys and girls to submit soap carvings of their own in the National Contest in Soap Sculpture.
There have been several changes in staff personnel during the year. On May first Miss Martha J. Hawes retired as librarian of the East Wey- mouth Branch after twelve years of devoted service to the Library. The occassion marked the completion of sixty years of service to the Town of Weymouth, for Miss Hawes preceded her years as librarian by long years as a teacher in the Weymouth schools. Many of her library patrons had been her pupils, and at the reception tendered her at the East Wey- mouth Branch on the occassion of her retirement, these friends and neighbors came to do her honor and to show their appreciation of her long years of service. A lover of books and of people, Miss Hawes had known many of her borrowers all their lives and knew their problems and interests. She had the teacher's great gift of understanding and ap-
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preciating the child's point of view and children and older people turned to her for advice on many things besides books. Hers has truly been a community service.
Miss Irene Langevin, who for many years assisted Miss Hawes at the Branch, was appointed to the position of Branch Librarian upon the re- tirement of Miss Hawes.
Other changes in the personnel are as follows:
Miss Elizabeth Whittle, who left the Library on September first to be married takes with her the good wishes of the Trustees and the Staff. Miss Elizabeth Lesenechal, the part-time helper at the North Weymouth Branch, left in order to continue her studies at Normal School, and Miss Marion Smith, also a part-time helper, to take a full-time position else- where. Miss Marjorie Fulton has been secured to fill the vacancy at the Main Library, and Miss Ruth Stoddard and Miss Dorothea MacPartland at the North and East Weymouth Branches. Miss Marjorie Bentley and Miss Katherine Dunning each worked for a short period during the year at the Tufts Library.
The up-keep on the library building in 1936 has included the repair of the roof with new copper moldings on two of the shoulders. Adequate lights have been placed in the fiction and biography stacks, and new awnings purchased for the windows. A storm porch has been built at the entrance to the Children's Room and will mean much in added comfort and healthful working conditions. It should also mean a considerable saving in fuel. The hours of opening have been lettered on both the branch libraries and some additional shelving purchased for the East Weymouth Branch. More shelving is needed at the North Weymouth Branch but that Branch is very crowded and there is not space there for expansion.
The Trustees wish to take this opportunity to express their appreciation for the many gifts of flowers which were brought to the Library in their season, and for the glass-topped display case given by Mrs. Clara Smith. Gifts of books are always most gladly welcomed and a list of these is ap- pended to this report. The Trustees wish to express their thanks to the donors of these books, and to the libraries and other institutions which have generously sent us copies of their reports and bulletins.
There has been great privilege as well as opportunity and challenge in the work of the library during the past few years, and the Tufts Library turns to the problems of its new year with an earnest desire to meet more fully the diversified interests of the community both in recreational reading and in the books of information and inspiration.
Respectfully submitted,
CLARANCE P. WHITTLE,
Chairman
By order and on behalf of the Trustees.
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FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
DONORS OF BOOKS TO TUFTS LIBRARY, 1936
American Academy of Political & Social Science
American Liberty League
Anonymous 3
Atlantic Monthly Company
Baruch, B. M.
Chemical Foundation Inc.
Chemical Foundation of New York
Corn Hill Publishing Company
Crandall, Mr. Frank 4
Daughters of the American Revolution
4
Dizer, Mr. Wendell, to East Weymouth Branch
Donne Publishing Company
Drown, Mr. Francis
Ewell, Mrs. Lilleyous C.
F.E.R.A. of Massachusetts
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
"A Graduate of Yale" 21
Harris, Mrs. Edith
Japan Society
Loud, Charles E., Estate of
Loud, Miss Jane E.
Mahoney, Mr. Martin
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of 5
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
New York Stock Exchange
Petrucci, Miss Anita
Pond School, Grade 5
Pratt, Mr. Franklin N. to East Weymouth Branch
Republican National Committee, Washington, D. C. Scribner's Publishing Company
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts South Shore Nature Club
Torrey, Bates Truax, Mrs. Florence G.
United States Department of Agriculture 2
Vorhees, Leighton S.
Weymouth Historical Society 2
Whittle, Mr. Wallace
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FORM OF STATISTICS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1936
Population served (Census of 1930)
20,882
Assessed valuation of the town
$ 46,838,780.00
Total number of agencies, consisting of
Main Library
1
Branches
2
Deposit Station
1
3
Delivery Stations Schools
10
Number of days open during the year
301
Total valuation of library property
$ 104,600.00
Number of volumes at beginning of year
49,329
Number of volumes added by purchase Number of volumes added by gift
93
Number of volumes added by binding
79
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn
1,363
Total number of volumes at end of year
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