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The voice of duty sounds A clarion call, As down the hast'ning years, It comes to all. Then, class-mates, let us here, As parting now draws near, E'er cherish and hold dear These happy days.
We may not meet again, As on this day, But loyal may we be Though far away. And then when life is o'er, And parting is no more, As in the days of yore, We'll meet again.
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GRADUATES.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
Marion Boylston Lena Isabel Chandler Nathalie Cutler Anna Belle Draper Ernest Merrill Daland Reba Elizabeth Eaton Ernestine Kirk Flanley Ruth Nichols Farmer Albert Emerson Foster
Edith Marion Gove Andrew Francis Harrington Florence Gardelena Kelley Edna Irene Kendall Marion Mansfield Lillian May Pearson Flizabeth Learnard Partridge Helen Taylor Ryder Nettie Lee Savage
Helen Harris Stearns.
GENERAL COURSE.
Marcus Beebe John Thomas Barton Mildred Hazel Chamberlain Amy Heustis Calkins Everett Hanson Cooper Marion Bell Lane Catherine Claire Lane
Warren Walton Oliver Edward Parkhurst Phelps Elizabeth Branscom Reed Ethel Christine Trask .Gladys Winsor Whitten Harold George Watkins Charles Everett Whitney
COMMERCIAL COURSE.
Signe Oliva Anderson Elmira Winfield Bears Elizabeth Agnes Connell Ernest Roy Cameron Katherine Mary Finnegan Dorothy Viola Fiendel Ethel Layman Gray Mary Ann Hines Eleanor Elizabeth Holt Ida Dorothea Johnson James Herbert Lindsay Harry Levine
Eva Gertrude Morrison Helen May Mansfield Harry Irving Meloney Winfield Irving McNeill. William Herbert Morrison, Jr. Margaret Hawthorne MacCarney Martha Matilda Nelson Carrie Frances Nickerson Margaret Gertrude O'Connell August Helmar Peterson Beatrice Maud Sparks Allen Ernest Sederquest Laura Margaret Webber.
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Appendix A.
STATISTICS.
Population, sensus of 1880
5,547
" 1890
6,982
" 1895
8,304
6: " 1900
9,260
1904
10,000
Present census estimate
12,000
According to school census, the number of chil-
dren in town between five and fifteen, on September, 1908 .
1,922
In September, 1907
1,889
Increase over last year .
33
Number between seven and fourteen, Sept., 1908
1,357
66
6
1907
1,372
Average membership, 1900 .
1,790.3
1901 .
1,909.3
1902 .
.
2,047.7
1903 .
2,053.8
1904 .
2,087.6
1905 .
2,115.6
2,126.4
2,169.8
1908
2,205.2
Increase over last year .
35.4
Total membership, 1908
2,428
Average attendance
2,127.4
Increase
66.3
Length of school year-Sept., 1907, to June, 1908 -39 weeks.
Days lost, stormy weather, holidays, etc. I
II
.
.
.
.
66 1906 .
·
1907 .
141
Actual length of school year, 36 weeks, 4 days Number of regular teachers employed . Increase
67
.
I
Number of special teachers
5
Total teachers employed . .
72
APPENDIX B.
Grade.
Teacher.
Total
Average Average Mem'hip Mem'hip at'dence at'dence
Per.ct. of
Pupils under 5
Pupils over 15.
Pu'ls bet. 7 and 14.
Total days'
tru- absence. fancy.
Cases! Total cas's of tard's.
High,
Charles H. Howe,
359
334.2
321.7
96.03
0
267
26
2,198
4
531
Lincoln, IX,
IX
Fannie E. Carter,
42
37.3
35.
93.8
0
10
19
759
4
51
Clara E. Emerson,
56
52.
49.3
94.8
0
2
45
985
9
76
Eunice W. Fobes,
48
45.
42.3
94.
0
0
43
960
0
79
VI, VII,
Susie E. Long,
36
32.2
30.6
95.
0
0
24
594.
0
72
VI,
Clara E. Davidson,
50
48.7
45.6
93.7
0
0
47
1,124
0
137
V,
Jessie S. Dyer,
47
43.9
41.3
94.1
0
0
45
391
1
11
Isabel M. Elliot,
49
42.7
41.8
97.9
0
0
36
666
2
129
Florence B. Underhill,
39
35.5
33.6
94.6
0
0
33
885
0
111
L. Josephine Mansfield,
41
37.5
35.9
95.7
0
0
25
577
2
64
II, III,
Mary I. Hawkins,
42
34.4
32.7
95.1
0
0
18
607
0
83
Agnes Anderson,
66
50.7
46.2
91.1
7
1
13
1,586
0
180
Edith R. Marshall,
33
32.4
31.5
97.2
0
3
21
329
0
28
H, M. Warren, IX,
VIII,
Mary Kalaher,
39
35.3
33.9
96.
0
2
28
562
0
43
Bessie E. David,
49
44.8
42.7
95.2
0
1
44
593
0
190
Kathryn L. Johnson,
38
33.6
30.6
91.
0
0
38
641
0
56
V,
Rilla M. Welch,
42
38.7
36.6
94.5
0
0
44
768
0
126
Mary E. C. Geagan,
52
40 1
37.7
94.3
2
0
14
917
0
49
=
I, II,
Alice J. Kernan,
39
33.7
32.7
97.
0
0
39
407
0
18
Hamilton, VI,
Elizabeth Gardner,
51
42.
40.
95.3
0
0
51
707
3
63
II, III,
Dorothy Packer,
44
37.
36.
97.
0
0
37
412
1
0
81
I, II,
Elvah M. Hayes,
46
34.5
32.8
95.1
0
15
602
2
31
Greenwood, IX,
VII, VIII,
Lila P. McCormick,
14
41.9
38.8
92.5
0
2
8
1,134
1
101
Cynthia M. Prentice,
45
43.6
41.3
94.7
0
0
44
839
5
25
VI,
1
13
IV, VỊ
39
37.9
36.1
95.3
0
1
38
666
0
32
Alice M. Crawford,
39
35.4
33.3
93.1
0
0
39
773
2
22
4€
II,
Mercie M. Whittemore,
35
31.4
28.8
91.7
0
0
19
923
0
38
{ Sallie F. Gardner, {
45
34.3
29.7
86.6
5
0 .
3
1,819
0
32
Mary M. Crane,
37
36.6
35.3
96.4
0
3
29
468
72
Hurd, VII, VIII,
V, VI,
Eva E. Howlett,
42
39.2
36.7
93.6
0
0
39
919
1
88
.
Mrs. M. E. Wentworth,
47
44.4
43.
96.8
0
4
33
496
0
78
VIII,
VII
0
47
995
1
32
IV, V,
II,
I,
.
.
748
3
91
VII,
36
31.6
30.
94.9
0
0
0
3
Sarah E. Wilkins,
31
29.1
1
52
41.9
39,4
94.
0
0
44
940
Vienna L. Hill,
III, IV,
Maud E. Claff,
III,
I,
Eleanor F. Emerson,
35
32.6
46.
93.1
III,
VI,
III, IV,
IV, V,
Mary E. Kelly,
35
27.4
94.1
4
625
35
M. A. Warren,
IV,
142
44
36.
33.9 38.4 27.
94.2 94.1 92.3
0
2
24
809
0
124
Franklin, VIII,
T. Frank Shea,
31
29.2
22.8
21.5
94.1
0
1
23
497
3
121
/ Mabel C. Carle,
43
41.9
40.
95.3
0
0
42
698
5
75
Marion Poole,
41
37.3
35.5
95.
0
0
38
680
1
132
V,
49
44.4
41.8
94.1
0
0
44
957
1
125
Maud I .. Arnold,
38
26.5
25.
94.5
0
0
484
4
53
Margaret E. Foss,
35
31 6
29.5
93.4
0
0
8
757
0
87
Hannah J. Ardill,
49
40.
37.
92.
6
1
10
1,108
0
12
Sarah B. Titcomb,
24
22.4
20.4
91.1
0
0
24
685
0
91
"
I, II,
Mary C. Donovan,
25
22.8
20.8
91.2
3
0
13
709
0
24
Montrose, I, II, III, IV, V,
Grace Orpin,
34
32.8
27.9
93.
0
0
21
706
0
103
West Ward, III, IV,
M. Adelaide Kernan,
36
30.
28.6
96.
0
0
36
340
0
158
I, II,
Addie R. Crosman,
42
35.9
34.3
96.3
2
0
17
913
0
108
Total,
2,383
2,140.5
2,037.9
94.27
33
307
1,422
39,643
68
4,259
The above statistics are for the school year from September, 1907, to June, 1908.
The statistics for the first five months of the present school year 1908-9, are as follows :
Total Membership, 2,428 ; Average Membership, 2,205.2; Average Attendance, 2,127.4; Per cent of Attendance, 96.47 ; Total Sessions Absence, 15,132 ; Number cases of Tardiness, 1,763 ; Number cases of Truancy, 33 ; Dismissals, 582.
143
37
2
80
III, IV,
Marion L. Whitelaw,
33
40.8
4
0
15
777 908
3
38
I, II,
S Ethel F. King,
VII,
VI,
Fiorence A. Fletcher,
IV,
III,
II,
Katherine I .. Kelly,
Woodville, III, IV,
I,
Christine A. Ross,
0
0
24
144
APPENDIX C. SCHOOL ORGANIZATION.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, Jacob H. Carfrey, 1905, Syracuse University, $2000 .* SUPERINTENDENT'S CLERK, Emily P. Edmond, $300.
LIST OF REGULAR TEACHERS TO DATE.
Name.
Grade.
Date of first elect'n
Where Educated.
Salary
HIGH SCHOOL, COMMON STREET.
Principal,
1895
Dartmouth College,
$2000
Helen W. Poor,
First Assistant,
1890
Radcliffe
850
Lester S. Hart,
Assistant,
1901
Tufts
850
Elizabeth F. Ingram, Florence W. Lowell,
1908
Bates
700
M. Hannah Wait,
1903
Radcliffe
700
George G. Wright,
1908
Burdett Business Coll.
1000
Clara H. Frederick,
46
1904
Vassar College,
750
Sarah W. Kelly,
. 6
1905
Wellesley
750
Ralph C. Bean,
6 6
1906
Colby Coll., Harv. Univ.
800
Marion J. Ash,
1908
Cornell University,
550
Fannie M. Clement,
1908
Tufts College,
600
M. Alice Ryan,
1902
Wakefield High,
525
Elmira W. Bears,
1908
200
LINCOLN SCHOOL, CRESCENT STREET. Mrs. M. E. Wentworth, Principal,
1871
Berwick Academy,
1000
Mineola Clough,
Ass't IX,
1908
Farmington Normal,
500
Fannie E. Carter,
IX,
1886
Millbury High.
600
Clara E. Emerson,
VIII,
1879
Wakefield High,
600
Eunice W. Fobes, Inez V. Decker,
VI, VII,
1908
450
Clara E. Davidson,
VI,
1907
Truro Provincial No'm'1
475
Jessie S. Dyer,
V,
1900
550
Isabel M. Elliot,
IV, V,
1900
550
Bernice E.Hendrickson
IV,
Salem Normal,
425
L. Josephine Mansfield,
III,
1875
Wakefield High,
550
Mary 1. Hawkins,
II, III,
1896
Southboro High,
550
Agnes Anderson,
II,
1900
525
Edith R. Marshall,
1894
550
Marion R. Brooks,
Ass't
1908
Miss Wheelock's K. T. S.
280
.
H. M. WARREN SCHOOL,
Principal,
1871
Wakefield High,
800
Mary Kalaher,
VIII,
1888
Salem Normal,
575
Bessie E. David,
VII,
1907
Bridgewater Normal,
475
Irene F. Norton,
VI,
1908
Hyannis Normal,
450
Lillian A. Schaffer,
V,
1908
Hyannis Nor. & Pv. Tr.
450
Mary E. C. Geagan,
III, IV,
1906
Lowell Normal,
475
Alice J. Kernan,
I, II,
1890
Wakefield High,
550
HAMILTON SCHOOL,
ALBION STREET. Elizabeth Gardner, Mary E. Kelly,
Principal,
1898
Calais, Me., High,
650
IV, V.
1884
Wakefield High,
550
Dorothy Packer,
II, III,
1906
Salem Normal,
475
Elvah M. Hayes,
I, II,
1898
Farmington Normal,
550
€6
1881
Smith
750
4. 6
VII.
1904
Farmington Normal,
550
Quincy Training School Wakefield High,
1908
Wakefield High, "
CONVERSE STREET. M. A. Warren,
· (One-tenth of this salary is paid by Lynnfield.)
Charles H. Howe,
145
Name.
Grade
Date of first elect'nı
Where Educated.
Salary
GREENWOOD SCHOOL, MAIN STREET.
Sarah E. Wilkins,
Principal,
1883
Salem Normal,
$800
Annie A. Moulton,
Asst. VIII, IX,
1909
Boston University;
425
Lila P. McCormick,
VII,
1891
Wheaton Seminary,
550
Cynthia M. Prentice,
VI,
1906
Salem Normal,
450
Vienna L. Hill,
IV, V,
1900
Dover High,
525
Maud E. Claff,
III, IV,
1907
Denver, Col., Normal,
475
Susie E. Long,
III,
1907
Castine Normal, Me.
475
Mercie M. Whittemore,
II,
1900
Miss Wheelock's K. T. S.
500
Mary M. Crane,
I,
1906
Salem Normal,
425
F. P. HURD SCHOOL, CORDIS STREET. Eleanor F. Emerson, Eva E. Howlett,
Principal,
1887
Salem Normal,
675
V, VI,
1880
"
550
Anastatia H. Donovan,
III, IV,
1908
425
Katherine G. Smith,
I, II,
1909
450
FRANKLIN SCHOOL, NAHANT STREET. T. Frank Shea,
Principal,
1902
Westfield Normal,
1000
Margaret A. Ryan,
VII,
1905
Boston University,
450
Marion DeC. Ellis,
VI,
1908
Emerson Col. of Oratory
450
Sophie Forsman,
V,
1909
Plymouth Normal,
450
Maude L. Arnold,
IV,
1899
Salem Normal,
525
Margaret E. Foss,
III,
1906
Framingham Normal,
450
Katherine L. Kelly,
II,
1894
Salem Normal, ¥
550
Edith P. Gowing,
Ass't
I,
1908
Bradford Academy,
200
WOODVILLE SCHOOL, FARM STREET. Sarah B. Titcomb, Mary C. Donovan,
Principal,
1906
Salem Normal,
450
I, II,
1904
Symonds K. T. School,
450
MONTROSE SCHOOL, SALEM STREET. Elizabeth Law,
Principal,
1908
Bridgewater Normal, Hyannis Normal,
450
WEST WARD SCHOOL, PROSPECT STREET,
Mabel A. Kernan,
Addie R. Crosman,
Principal, 1, 11,
1899 1899
Wakefield High, Wellesley College,
550
SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS.
Name.
Position.
Date of first elect'n
Where Educated.
Salary
George F. Wilson,
Supervisor Music
1877
Boston Conservatory,
Maude E. Black,
Drawing,
1906
Boston Normal Art,
600
Bertha A. Chapman,
Sewing,
1908
Simmons College,
600
Harlan B. Peabody,
Sloyd,
1908
700
Lieut. H. G. Brockbank Milj'y Instructor
1903
Salem Nor. & Sloyd Tr., A Co., 6th Inf., M. V. M.,
100
550
Hannah J. Ardill,
I,
1892
.
450
Grace Orpin,
I, II, III, IV,
1906
550
$800
116
JANITORS.
Name.
School.
Residence.
Salary
Nathaniel Hines,
High,
Pine St., Greenwood,
$750
Charles E. Newman,
Lincoln,
18 Yale Avenue,
850
Edward E. Eaton,
Warren and Hamilton, 13 Gould Street,
650
Josiah H. Ringer,
Greenwood,
Greenwood Av., Greenw'd, 25 Cordis Street,
225
Thomas Thrush,
32 Franklin Street,
450
Charles E. Classen,
Woodville,
Nahant St., opp. Oak,
110
Maurice F. Hurley,
Montrose,
289 Lowell Street,
85
Edwin C. Swain,
West Ward,
31 Fairmount Avenue,
85
475
W. W. Shedd,
F. P. Hurd, Franklin,
147
Appendix D.
GENERAL ACCOUNT.
March 16, 1908, app'n authorized
$47,207 50
Received from tuition
42 02
Overdraft
38 07
$47,287 59
Expended as follows :
Salaries as per pay roll
$43,385 15
Janitor's services .
3,827 44
Census Enumerator
75 00
$47,287 59
FUEL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation authorized
. $4,500 00
Expended as follows :
Curley Brothers, coal
·
4,095 53
Thomas Hickey, coal
217 50
L. E. Bennett, wood
15 00
Killorin Contracting Co., wood
156 00
J. H. Ringer, sawing wood .
4 05
$4,488 08
Balance unexpended (available) .
II 92
$4,500 00
CONTINGENT.
March 16, 1908, appropriation authorized
. $2,800 00
Received from tuition .
.
1.896 17
Appropriation for fire escapes
500 00
$5,196 17
148
Expended as follows :
George H. Taylor, grate bars, wheelbarrow, labor, etc. ,
$355 39
Wakefield Daily Item, advertising and printing 149 00 Cutler Bros., brushes, sandpaper, varnish, etc. 46 39
Otto Johnson, painting . 22I 89
J. C. Willey, sharpening tools 22 45
George W. Eaton, oil, soap .
4 70
J. T. Paine, cheesecloth 12 29
Killorin Contracting Co., teaming ashes
12 50
H. A. Feindel & Co., stock and labor . 215 94
J. H. Carfrey, travelling expenses 89 45
American School Board Journal, subscription I 00
C. Bowering, stock and labor 234 73
Lillian Stimpson, assisting in H. S. office 15 00
W. S. Greenough & Co., index cards, paper, etc. 16 05
William Read & Sons, drill regulations
I 65
Orient Mfg. Co., orient spray 53 25
John Flanley, Est., rent ($180), shades, etc. 197 75
Library Bureau, pamphlet boxes, cards, etc. 14 30
Stanley B. Dearborn, stamped envelopes, stamps
66 86
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service
65 69
Municipal Light Plant, gas
IO2 15
Edward E. Babb & Co., ink
90
Morrill-Atwood Ice Co., ice . 21 30
Milwaukee Dustless Brush Co., brushes
36 30
Edward B. Nye, tuning pianos
2 00
W. A. Prescott, stock and labor .
524 09
J. Wallace Grace, feather dusters, shovels, rope, etc. 13 69
A. W. Brownell, school reports 30 00
Hiram L. Badger, reseating chairs 2 70
H. I. Dallman, brushes 16 90
R. E. Kibbe, engrossing High School diplomas 19 90
P. W. Wheeler, mowing lawn 12 00
American Bank Note Co., diplomas (High School) 30 00
Dana Dudley, keys, repairing locks, etc. 7 70 Lucas Brothers, repairing clocks 20 50
149
Water Department, water rates
$157 50
Oliver Ditson Co., music I 67
Hathaway's stable, use of team
13 50
Continental Mfg. Co., dustoline 5 00
Palmer & Parker Co., wood (man. tr.) 49 33
Hammond Typewriter Co., repairing machines
30
H. A. Simonds, State Ward census for tuition
10 00
Rotary Neostyle Co., neostyle supplies
9 15
Remington Typewriter Co., carbon paper
3 00
Dennison Mfg. Co., key tags
6 00
Hydro-Carbon Chemical Co., floor dressing .
I 25
J. W. Poland, burlap, ribbon, etc.
60 18
George F. Wilson, orchestra (graduation)
33 50
Police Department, services (graduation) 3 00
16 50
Frank A. Marshall, burlap, labor, etc.
6 30
Willard E. Griffin, tuning piano . 2 00
William H. Frawley, teaming ashes
69 50
W. B. Badger & Co., desk chair .
9 50
F. E. Johnson Co., klenzine 9 00
Sarah E. Wilkins, telephone, car fare, etc. .
50
James H. Keough, use of armory
32. 50
Aaron A. Butler, stock and labor
189 39
J. J. Hogan, plumbing . 305 00
W. P. Burnham, stock and labor . 9 50
Chester W. Eaton, stock and printing . 82 25
Badger Fire Extinguisher Co., extinguishers 45 00
A. W. Chesterton Co., gaskets 1.80
Charles W. Sunman, stock and labor
61 50
American Seating Co., desk lid supports I 65
Hodge Boiler Works, stock and labor .
285 07
The Morss & Whyte Co., screens 5 50
Cloudman & Ramey, painting and varnishing 10 00
J. M. Fairbanks, stock and labor 42 24
C. L. Chase & Son, floor dressing 49 00
H. C. Hall, care of lawn (Lincoln) 43 00
Laura M. Webber, substituting in Supt's office 3 60
Rufus F. Draper, stage extension
150
M. Alice Ryan, substituting in Supt's office $3 80 William McElwain, repairing blackboards 100 59
J. B. Wiley, repairing boiler (Lincoln) 17 60
Nathaniel Hines, extra cleaning (H. S.) 12 00 Simon Dulong, painting fire escapes 53 90
Morrison Merrill, repairing batteries
3 20
Josiah H. Ringer, express paid
99
Wakefield Furniture Co., stock and labor
43 00
Edward E. Lee, oil, bon ami, etc.
I 95
E. I. Purrington, stock and labor
.
23 17
FIRE ESCAPES.
George T. McLauthlin Co. (Hamilton School) . 207 00 W. A. Prescott, Woodville, Montrose and West Ward 458 88
Total
$5,196 17
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
March 16, 1908, appropriation authorized . $3,000 00
Received from tuition . 572 07
$3,572 07
Expended as follows :
Edward E. Babb & Co., books and supplies
$543 94
A. B. Comins, expressage · 25 06 .
American Express Co., expressage 3 45
Palmer & Parker Co., wood (man. tr.)
85 82
Silver, Burdett & Co., books .
321 80
D. C. Heath & Co., books
IO2 II
J. L. Hammett Co., rubber erasers, maps 57 90
Chandler & Barber, screws, saw blades, tools, etc. 15 29
Ginn & Co., books 724 06
C. Howard Hunt Pen Co., pens . .
18 90
Milton, Bradley Co., drawing supplies . ·
243 19
Eagle Pencil Co., pencils .
.
.
81 45
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American Book Co., books
$407 93
Houghton, Mifflin Co., books 82 28
Charles Scribner's Sons, books
21 42
Allyn & Bacon, books . 52 03
W. S. Greenough & Co., paper
71 85
Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, books
31 17
J. W. Poland, sewing supplies
19 22
D. Appleton & Co., books
3 85
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., drawing supplies I 84
Charles E. Merrill Co., books, 74 59
Maude E. Black, drawing supplies
2 61
Remington Typwriter Co., typewriters
148 00
Affleck Ruling & Stationary Co., stenography books
10 75
Park Publishing Co., books 23 08
George F. King & Co., paper, note books
67 50
Practical Text Book Co., books 6 60
Henry Holt & Co., books 18 21
Educational Publishing Co., books
4 00
Rand, McNally & Co., books
6 85
Thompson, Brown & Co., books . 16 55
F. J. Barnard & Co., rebinding books 220 59
Day Express Co., expressage I 25
C. C. Birchard & Co., music
12 85
Darius Hadley, arithmetic cards .
14 00
Neostyle Co., stencil sheets, etc.
3 50
D. W. Hunt, expressage
3 48
J. T. Paine, cheesecloth
· I 25
Morrison-Stoddard Co., blocks
7 80
Tufts College Press, books
3 60
Harvard University, examinations
2 00
Dartmouth college, examinations
3 00
A. A. White & Co., shellac, alcohol, etc., (man. tr.)
I 60
Holden Patent Book Cover Co., binders, etc. 3 85
Total
. $3,572 07
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EVENING SCHOOL.
March 16, 1908, appropriation authorized
$1,000 00
Balance from last year . 268 41
Received from Evening School account
47 60
$1,316 OI
Expended as follows :
Pay roll of teachers and janitor
$800 00
Municipal Light Plant, gas . 64 56
Wakefield Daily Item, printing 18 50
Stanley B. Dearborn, stamps
2 00
Edward E. Babb & Co., rulers and triangles 7 05 D. C. Heath & Co., drawing books 22 65
George H. Taylor, chimney, mantles, etc.
9 60
Chester W. Eaton, printing .
3 50
J. B. Hunter & Co., drawing kits
9 15
Milton, Bradley Co., drawing paper .
2 20
$948 21
Balance unexpended (available)
367 80
$1,316 OI
LIST OF UNPAID BILLS JANUARY 30th.
H. P. Cromwell, drawing school supplies $1 87
C. Latimer, use of team 3 00 .
Oliver Ditson Co., music 5 00
Cutler Brothers, toilet paper, brushes, etc.,
13 66
Iver Johnson, rifles 21 00
Chandler & Farquhar Co., man tr. supplies 6 99
Allyn & Bacon, class registers 7 50
Library Bureau, cards to order
21 14
W. S. Greenough & Co., letter heads . 2 40
American Book Co., music chart . 3 35
Chandler & Barber, compasses, hooks, etc. . 3 72
Neostyle Co., stencil sheets, repairs, etc.
6 15
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Stimpson & Co., toilet paper
$30 00
Wakefield Water Dept., water rates
157 50
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books .
13 26
Palmer & Parker Co., (wood man. tr.) Eimer & Amend, chemical supplies
56 68
48 96
Ginn & Co., books
18 94
Edward E. Babb & Co.
60 29
$481 41
ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY
WAKEFIELD, MASS.
1908-1909.
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ORGANIZATION OF TRUSTEES.
Chairman Secretary ·
Treasurer
Richard Dutton
Edson W. White
. Albert W. Flint. 1
STANDING COMMITTEES.
LIBRARY. Harry Foster, Chairman,
F. T. Woodbury, Mrs. Sarah Y. Morton
READING ROOM.
F. T. Woodbury, Chairman,
Richard Dutton
Mrs. Sarah Y. Morton, Edson W. White.
BOOKS.
Charles F. Mansfield, Chairman,
Harry Foster, Miss E. Florence Eaton Edson W. White.
H. Lee M. Pike,
CATALOGUE.
Miss E. Florence Eaton, Chairman, Ashton H. Thayer Charles F. Mansfield.
FINANCE. Ashton H. Thayer, Chairman,
Edson W. White, Miss E. Florence Eaton
GREENWOOD.
H. Lee M. Pike, Chairman, Ashton H. Thayer
Richard Dutton.
Librarian Assistant Librarian
Attendant at Greenwood
Purchasing Agent . · .
. Mrs. Harriet A. Shepard Miss Ruth Gowen Miss H. Gertrude Lee Charles F. Mansfield
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Report of the Library Trustees.
TO THE CITIZENS OF WAKEFIELD :
The Board of Trustees is glad to report that during the past year the main library, the Greenwood branch, and the reading room have all been busier than ever before, and that an increasing number of people of all ages and classes are using the library for serious study, for ready reference, and for pleasure. Such a record is exceedingly stimulating as well as gratifying to the Trustees, and they appreciate the earnest and persistent work of the librarian and her assist- ants, and the hearty cooperation of the school authorities, the teachers, the local papers and the many other active friends of the library who are making it so essential to the welfare of the town that a new building with adequate ac- commodations will in a few years be a necessity rather than a possible luxury.
The cordial relations between the schools and the library continue, and through their courtesy the teachers this fall reported the number of pupils in each grade using the library and the reading room.
In the grammar schools, Greenwood with its branch library leads with 39 per cent having library cards. The Franklin school comes second with 37 per cent. The Lincoln, Warren and Hamilton come next with about 25 per cent. The Hurd has only 13 per cent, but this is due in part to their private school library. Prospect, Woodville and Mont- rose have so few pupils that percentages are unfair to them. The high school naturally leads with the handsome percent- age of 65. It is interesting to note the constantly increasing
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per cent by grade of those who use both library and reading room. Another census will be taken at the end of the school year.
The Superintendent of Schools has suggested to the Board that a number of books be sent to the various schools for use by the pupils as opportunity offered. This valuable sugges- tion will probably be adopted in the next few months. It is also hoped to have the various grades come to the library that they may be taught to use it freely and intelligently.
As children are most easily influenced for good reading the Trustees have obtained graded catalogues of books from the best libraries to be used as guides both by patrons and Trustees. The library has never bought books adapted to be read to the very young, yet it is believed parents would welcome this advanced step, and would also gladly consult lists before purchasing for their children.
The increasing running expenses due to the activity in all branches has left but $365 for books and this amount included that used to replace "worn outs." This is about $75 less than is usual, and of this amount $268.75 was furnished by income from the Trust Funds. It is therefore readily seen that the town has spent less than $100 for books for 10,000 people. "Worn outs " must, as a rule, be replaced, some of the newer fiction and current literature must be furnished and the catalogue must be continually and carefully scrutin- ized for omissions, if the library is to keep at all abreast of the times.
It has been noted above that the great majority of the new books have been donated, or have been purchased by the income of funds left by friends of the library or town, and the fact is so recorded in each of the books. For these gifts the Board of Trustees, in behalf of the town, have and do ex- press their grateful appreciation. The results accomplished by these funds are so permanent, far-reaching and gratifying, that it is surprising that more do not thus perpetually iden- tify themselves or those whom they have held dear, with the
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welfare of their native or adopted town. Legacies or me- morials, large or small, will accomplish the purpose.
On the next page are tabulated the statistics of the library for the past fifteen years. The circulation has in- creased from 20,000 to nearly 50,000, about 150 per cent, while the total expenditures and the population have in- creased but about 50 per cent. It then cost a little over 5 cents for each book circulated. It now costs but 3 2-3 cents, and this includes the expenses at the Greenwood Branch. Four times as many volumes are worn out and three times as many are replaced. The bill for rebinding is more than four times as great as it was, and the receipts from sales of cata- logues, fines, etc., has increased from $17 to $106. While the rapidly increasing circulation makes necessary the wear and tear shown above, yet it adds decidedly to the expenses and multiplies the detail work at the library. The coming year it will be necessary to provide further assistance during the rush hours and devise if possible, in the cramped quarters, two desks, one for receiving and the other for delivering books. There are many books on the shelves of lively interest, which are not receiving the attention of the public, and efforts should be made the coming year, even at some expense, to bring them into circulation.
At the Greenwood Branch arrangements must be devised to relieve the pressure Saturday evenings, as the rooms are badly overcrowded. Some fifty duplicate volumes have been purchased and this will reduce the wear in transferring to and from the main library. Over 12,000 volumes were cir- culated at Greenwood last year although the room is only open Monday and Thursday afternoons, and Saturday even- ings.
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