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Donald White, Harvard College.
Benjamin B. Anthony, University of Maine.
Paul H. Taylor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Alice Lee Morrill, Bradford Academy.
Elden I. Staples, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gertrude Tingley, Lassell Seminary.
Roland A. Payne, Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Hugh M. Kelso, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
William W. Grace, University of Maine.
In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of the loyalty of the teachers of the school.
Respectfully submitted, C. H. HOWE.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES, WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1910
Town Hall, Thursday, June 23d, 8 o'clock
PROGRAMME
Overture
Chorus-Larghetto
Beethoven's 2d Symphony
Oration-(Salutatory)-America, the Land of Resources ELDEN IVAN STAPLES
Declamation-The Duty of Criticism in a Democracy Godkin
THOMAS BROWN STEWART
Chorus-The Glad Festal Day
From "Carmen"
Recitation-(Honor Part)-Rena, a Legend of Brussels
Julia C. R. Dorr
JANETTE PAULINE MAYENT
Semi-Chorus-Life of Youth Geibe
The Nightingale Gaull
Recitation-The Bishop's Candlesticks Hugo
GERTRUDE TINGLEY
Essay-The Finding of One's Self
WINIFRED BELLE WATKINS
Chorus-The Storm Fiend
Roeckel
Recitation-The New Era in Higher Education
President Angell
WALTER CEYLON HICKEY
Essay-(Valedictory Rank) FRANCES LEVERTON HOLMES
Presentation of Diplomas-Dr. Charles E. Montague
Chairman School Committee
Class Song Thuringian Folk Song
Benediction-Rev. C. L. Petersen
Note-Leo Edward Bourdon held second rank in the class but was excused at his request.
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Motto :- Aut Reperiam, Aut Faciam
CLASS SONG
FRANCES LEVERTON HOLMES
As slowly sinks the sun In the far, golden west Our high school days are done, Partings draw nigh Tho' oft' there clouds have been We oft' the blue have seen, Now only fair hopes gleam In the clear sky.
When the bright morn appears We a new life begin, Amid our hopes and fears To stand or fall. Then we must take our way Out o'er the world to stray, All willing to obey Duty's stern call.
Tho' there may troubles be, Tho' some dark day may fall, Which we cannot foresee, Our faith to prove, We surely shall succeed Trusting in time of need, In Him, our strength indeed, Who dwells above.
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GRADUATES
CLASSICAL
Ethel Jane Bowser
Marjorie Thorndyke Bunker
Florence Gardner
Harmon Augustus Hallett
Walter Ceylon Hickey
Ruth Elizabeth Hickey
Frances Leverton Holmes
Lillian May Lawrence
Gertrude Rita Phelan Winifred Belle Watkins
Donald White
GENERAL
Benjamin Bennett Anthony Raymond Odenwald Doane Mildred Elfreda Dutton Joseph Allan Hines
Ella Wilson Pease
Irvin Ransom Phipps
Bertha Annette Ridlon
Maude Barton Stimpson
Paul Huse Taylor
William Wallace Wilder, Jr. Arthur Rosson Cade Margaret Lillian Edmands Alice Lee Morrill
Roland Alfred Payne
Walter Merritt Pinkham
Elden Ivan Staples
Gideon Sunman Gertrude Tingley
Blanche Van Nostrand
COMMERCIAL
Alta Mildred Abbott
Julia Frances Barrett
Roland Ellsworth Burdett Alfred Wallace Chesley Earl Hadley Alice Hone Gertrude Victoria Lofstrom George Joseph Mccullough Mary Millicent Morse Arthur Joseph O'Leary Alvin Jalmer Peterson Margaret Agnes Shea
Lucy Curtis Braxton
Gertrude Carmel Lane
Lena Patience Oram
Marjorie Grey Smith
Edith May Cade May Hadley
Edward Thatcher Avery Leo Edward Bourdon James Michael Burke Bessie Irene Fay Ethel Thurston Henfield Alice Jones Janet Pauline Mayent Myrtle Blanche Millar Christopher Robert Murray Stanley Penney Oliver Robert Philip Reid Thomas Brown Stewart
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Appendix A
STATISTICS
Population, Census 1900 9,260
Population, Census 1910
11,500
According to school census, the number of children in town between five and fifteen in September, 1910 2,094 September, 1909 1,922
Increase over last year .
172
Number between seven and fourteen Sept. 1910
1,529
Number between seven and fourteen Sept. 1909
1,323
Average membership ending June 1909
2201.6
Average membership ending June, 1910 .
2153.1
Decrease (epidemic of sickness being the cause)
48.5
Total membership 1909 2451
Total membership 1910
2452
Average attendance
2039.3
Length of school year-September, 1909-June, 1910
39 weeks
Days lost, stormy weather, holidays, epidemic of small
pox
28
Actual length of school year, 34 weeks, 7 days.
Number of regular teachers
70
Increase
3
Special teachers employed . . .
6
Total teachers employed .
76
APPENDIX B
Grade
Teacher
Pupils under 5
Pupils betw'n 7 and 14
Pupils over 15
Total Member- ship
Average Member- ship
Average Attend- ance
Per ct. of } Days Attend- Ab- sence ¿ance
Tardi- Dismis- Truan- ness sals
cy
High
Mr. C. . H Howe
0
32
278
383
346.8
334.4
96.4 96.7
2134 454 720
425
493
0
Lincoln
9
Mineola Clough
9
S Clara E. Emerson
0
38
0
50
45.6
42.6
93.4
938
87
56
2
8
Sarah E. Wilkins
0
43
0
46
37.8
36.1
95.5
674
16
23
3
7
Inez V. Decker
0
35
0
37
32.1
30.2
94.1
695
40
23
3
6-7
Clara E. Davidson
0
44
0
51
41.9
39.1
93.3
863
39
29
2
6
Jessie S. Dyer
0
46
0
54
45.3
42.2
93.2
909
29
22
2
5
Isabel M. Elliot
0
44
0
48
41.6
40.3
96.9
407
15
14
4-5
Bernice E. Hendrickson
0
33
0
40
32.4
30.9
.95.4
398
39
8
L
4
L. Josephine Mansfield
0
39
2
53
43.2
41.2
95.4
580
71
47
3
3
Mary I. Hawkins
0
23
0
67
49.0
45.8
93.5
995
82
28
3
2
§ Agnes I. Anderson
3
6
0
39
28.4
26.5
93.3
593
65
5
1
1
2 Bessie C. Taylor
3
4
0
51
38.6
35.5
92.0
980
66
11
0
1
M. A. Warren
0
29
9
37
36.6
35.5
97.0
338
36
16
0
Warren
9
Mary Kalaher
0
28
5
42
38.3
36.7
95.8
522
39
29
1
7-8
Bessie E. David
0
34
0
36
33.0
31.5
95.3
511
69
21
L
6
Lillian A. Shaffer
0
37
0
38
36.2
33.9
93.5
737
82
50
2
3-4
Mary E. C. Geagan
0
41
0
41
38.4
35.9
93.5
823
111
35
1
1-2
Elizabeth Gardner
0
34
2
38
30.0
28.4
95.3
414
1
45
0
4-5
0
46
0
45
39.4
38.2
96.9
363
24
42
0
2-3
Dorothy Packer
0
24
0
37
33.0
31.4
95.3
509
29
5
1
§ Bessie C. Taylor
2
7
0
37
33.0
30.8
93.3
687
128
3
13
1-2
Mary C. Donovan
0
7
9
25
22.0
20.4
92.6
618
77
42
15
Greenwood 9
8-9
Annie A. Moulton
0
21
5
37
33.2
31.3
94.2
660
67
74
0
7
Lila P. McCormick
0
18
2
28
24.2
23.1
95.3
419
24
16
0
6
Cynthia M. Prentice
0
43
0
51
43.6
41.3
94.7
728
23
25
0
§ Elizabeth Savage
0
45
1
52
43.4
41.4
95.4
706
49
48
0
5
¿ Vienna L. Hi!l
0
35
0
37
35.8
33.5
93.2
496
148
34
4
5
Alice J. Kernan
5
9
0
37
33.9
31.7
93.5
613
64
7
0
Hamilton 6-7
Fannie E. Carter
0
16
9
38
33.4
31.3
93.7
21
16
4
0
31
5
46
42.0
40.6
32
39
0
Eunice W. Fobes
Edith R. Marshall
8
Irene F. Norton
Mary E. Kelly
§ Sarah E. Wilkins
Mr. Ross Varden
216
| § Maude E. Claff
0
34
0
39
32.3
30.2
93.6
794
21
36
0
4
2 Clara M. Sweetser Susie E. Long
0
38
0
38
33.9
32.3
95.4
635
32
26
0
3
Mercie M. Whittemore
0
17
0
42
36.5
34.6
94.8
635
32
26
0
1
0
38
34.2
32.0
93.7
794
50
5
0
Mary M. Crane
0
30
1
37
35.2
34.2
1 97.2
355
44
21
0
5-6
Eva E. Howlett
0
39
1
43
33.9
32.7
34.4
96.9
323
41
23
0
3-4
Anastasia E. Donovan
1
10
0
47
40.9
39.5
96.6
490
39
4
1
1-2 8
Mr. T. Frank Shea
0
28
2
35
31.6
30.4
96.3
382
38
19
0
Franklin
7
Margaret A. Ryan
0
35
1
38
34.8
34.5
98.9
486
46
11
2
6
Marion DeC. Ellis
0
42
0
39
39.5
37.4
94.6
630
28
23
3
5
Selena B. Conway
0
37
0
39
33.3
31.7
95.0
579
52
28
0
4
Maude L. Arnold
0
29
0
34
30.4
29.1
95.7
412
16
8
0
3
Katherine L. Kelly
0
30
0
32
28.9
27.7
95.7
380
21
19
0
2
Hazel I. Oliver
0
20
0
51
44.5
41.2
92.7
617
92
21
0
1
Sarah B. Titcomb
0
24
0
29
24.2
22.5
91.8
660
54
20
2
Woodville
3-4
0
10
0
30
28.8
24.9
92.9
516
21
1
1
1-2
Marion R. Brooks
0
26
0
23
22.5
21.5
95.5
312
171
59
0
Montrose
5-6-7
Maude H. Phelps
0
19
0
33
34.4
27.6
95.0
566
136
3
0
1-2-3-4 Grace Orpin
0
33
0
33
28.8
27.5
95.4
462
102
26
0
Prospect St. 3-4
1-2
Addie R. Crosman
0
09
0
39
33.0
30.0
91.0
735
106
16
0
217
Total
22
1,445
333
2,452
2,153.1
2,039.3
94.76
32,354
3,294
1,748'
71
7
1
51
43.9
41.7
94.8
696
55
8
0
Hannah J. Ardill
1
35
0
41
35.5
96.5
411
69
39
0
Eleanor F. Emerson
Louise U. Ekman
2 1 F. P. Hurd 7-8
Mabel. A. Kernan
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APPENDIX C. SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. Jacob H. Carfrey, 1905, Syracuse University, $2000 .* SUPERINTENDENT'S CLERK. Lucy A. Noyes, $364. LIST OF REGULAR TEACHERS TO DATE.
Name.
Grade.
Date of first elect'n.
Where Educated.
Salary
HIGH SCHOOL
Principal First Ass't Assistant
1895
Dartmouth College
$2000
Helen W. Poor
1890
Radcliffe
+
850
Lucien H. Thayer, A. B.
1910
Harvard
700
Elizabeth F. Ingram
1881
Smith
750
Florence W.Lowell, A. B.
1908
Bates
750
M. Hannah Wait, A. B.
1903
Radcliffe
750
C. R Crossett, Jr., L.L.B.
1910
Yale University
1100
Camilla Moses, A. B.
1910
650
Sarah W. Kelly, A. B.
1905
Wellesley
750
Ralph C. Bean, A. B.
1906
Colby Col., Harvard
950
Fannie M. Clement,A.B.
66
1908
Tufts College
700
Marion L. Cousens, A.B.
1909
550
M. Alice Ryan
1902
600
Bessie I. Fay
Clerk
1910
200
LINCOLN
Mrs. M. E. Wentworth
Principal
1871
Berwick Academy
1000
Mineola Clough
9
190<
Farmington Normal
600
Fannie E. Carter
9
1886
Millbury High
650
Sarah E. Wilkins
8
1883
Salem Normal
600
Eunice W. Fobes
7
1904
Farmington Normal
550
Inez V. Decker
6, 7
1908
Farmington Normal
525
Clara E. Davidson
6
1907
Truro Prov. Normal
525
Jessie S. Dyer
5
1900
Quincy Training
550
Isabel M. Elliot
4,5
1900
Wakefield High
550
Bernice E. Hendrickson
4
1908
Salem Normal
475
L. Josephine Mansfield
3
1875
Wakefield High
550
Mary I. Hawkins
2
1896
Southboro High
550
Hannah J. Ardill
1.2
1892
Salem Normal t
550
Edith R. Marshall
1
1900
550
Bessie C. Taylor
Assistant
1910
Salem Normal
200
WARREN
M. A. Warren
Principal 9
1871
Wakefield High
800
Mary Kalaher
8
1888
Salem Normal
600
Bessie E. David
7
1907
Bridgewater Normal
525
Irene F. Norton
6
1908
Hyannis Normal 6.
500
Lillian A. Shaffer
5
1908
500
Mary E. C. Geagan
3, 4
1906
Lowell Normal
525
Alice J. Kernan
1,2
1890
Wakefield High
550
HAMILTON
Elizabeth Gardner
Principal
1898
Calais, Me. High
650
Mary. F. Kelly
4,5
1884
Wakefield High
550
Dorothy Packer
3
1906
Salem Normal t
525
Mary C. Donovan
1,2
1904
Symond's K. T. S.
500
* One-tenth of this salary is paid by Lynnfield.
1
C. H. Howe, A. B.
66
61
66
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe “
Wakefield High
Wakefield High
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LIST OF REGULAR TEACHERS TO DATE-Continued.
Name.
Grade.
Date of first elect'n.
Where Educated.
Salary
GREENWOOD
Ross Varden
Principal § 8,9 Ass't S
1910 1910
Bridgewater Normal
1000
Florence E.Arnold, A.B.
7
1891
Wheaton Seminary
550
Cynthia M. Prentice
6
1906
Salem Normal Dover High
550
Laura A. Hart
4
1910
Framingham Normal
450
Susie E. Long
3
1907
Castine Normalt
525
Mercie M. Whittemore
2
1900
550
Mary M. Crane
1
1906
Miss Wheelock's K. T. S. Salem Normal
575
F. P. HURD
Harriet O. Paine
Principal 7, 8 5,6
1910 1880
Hyannis Normal Salem Normal
550
Annie L. Dodge?
Substitute 1,2
1909
Woburn Training School
475
FRANKLIN
T. Frank Shea
{ 8
Principal Ass't
28 5
1910
N. H. State Normal
450
Margaret A. Ryan, A B.
1905
Boston University
525
Marian D. Ellis
6
1908
Emerson College of Orat'y
500
Selena B. Conway
5
1909
Gloucester High
500
Maud L. Arnold
4
1899
Salem Normal
550
Katherine L. Kelly
3
1894
Salem Normal
550
Hazel I. Oliver
2
1909
Salem Normal
425
Nellie L. Estabrook
1
1910
Fitchburg Normal +
450
WOODVILLE
Principal 3, 4
1906 1909
Salem Normal
500
Fannie S. Knight
1,2
Wheelock's K. T. S.
400
MONTROSE
Mildred Ruggles
Principal 5,6,7
1910
N. H. State Normal
450
Grace Orpin
1, 4
1906
Hyannis Normal
500
PROSPECT ST.
Mabel A. Kernan
Principal 3, 4
1899
Wakefield High
550
Addie R Crossman
1,2
1899
Wellesley +
550
Myrta E. Knight
Per.Substit'te
1910
Salem Normal
400
+ Not a graduate.
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Name.
Position
Date of first elect'n
Where Educated.
Salary
George F. Wilson
Sup'v'r Music
1877
Boston Conservatory
$800
Amy L. Butterfield
Sup'v'ı D'w'g
1910
Boston Normal Art
550
Bertha A. Chapman
T'ch'r Sewing Sloyd
1908
Salem Nor. & Sloyd Tr.
800
John H. McMahon
Mili'y Inst'r
1909
A Co., 6th Inf., M. V. M.
100
Mrs. E. A. Gardner
S'pv's'r P'n's'p
1910
Providence, R. I.
200
Radcliffe College
500
Lila P. McCormick
500
Vienna L. Hill
5
1900
625
Eva E. Howlett
1910
Louise U. Ekman
1902
Westfield Normal
1000
Nellie M. Barrett
Sarah B. Titcomb
1908
Simmons College t
700
Harlan A. Peabody
220
JANITORS.
Name.
School.
Residence.
Salary ..
Edward E. Eaton
High
4 Avon Court
$750
Charles E. Newman
Lincoln
18 Yale Avenue
850
Albert Heath
Warren & Hamilton
Church Street
425
Josiah S. Ringer
Greenwood
Greenwood Ave. Green'd
475
W. W. Shedd
Hurd
25 Cordis Street
225
A. A. Mansfield
Franklin
8 Summer Street
450
Charles E. Classen
Woodville
Nahant Street
110
Maurice F. Hurley
Montrose
289 Lowell Street
85
Edwin C. Swain
Prospect
31 Fairmount Avenue
85
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Report of the Board of Health
The Board of Health herewith submits its annual report. The number of contagious diseases reported to the Board are as follows : Scarlet fever 36
Measles
20
Diphtheria
10
Typhoid Fever
3
Whooping Cough
1
Tuberculosis .
5
Infantile paralysis .
1
Small Pox
37
Persons dumping offensive offal, warned .
9
Hog pens ordered cleaned
8
Leaking pipes and traps corrected
22
Overflowing vaults ordered cleaned
18
Vaults removed and buildings connected with sewer . 6 .
Defective water closets ordered repaired .
10
Overflowing cesspools ordered to be emptied
14
Dogs buried .
2
.
.
.
.
.
.
The board considers that the health of the Town is generally good.
The small pox epidemic early in the year was very largely re- sponsible for our unusual expenses, but we think the Town will believe that it emerged from the difficulty very satisfactorily.
The Board are still of the opinion that the Town should pro- vide means for the collection and disposal of swill, and would recommend that an appropriation be made for the purpose at the next annual town meeting.
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH W. HEATH, M. D., Chairman, DAVID TAGGART, Health Officer, AUGUSTUS D. JENKINS, Secretary.
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Report of the Inspector of Plumbing
TO THE HONORABLE THE BOARD OF HEALTH :
Gentlemen :- The work in the Plumbing Department for the year ending December 31st, 1910, was as follows :
Applications filed .
101
Applications left over from 1909
.
4
Applications left over from 1910
.
2
Inspections and calls made
338
Number of fixtures set
485.
Water Closets
131
Bath-tubs
73
Bowls
81
Sinks
103
Wash-trays
89
Butler-sinks
2
Grease-trap ·
1
Urinals
1
Slop-hoppers
1
Drinking founts
3
Alterations
7
Sewer Connections
.
.
31
Cesspools
.
.
32
Surface drains
.
.
7
.
.
.
·
.
Thanking the Secretary, the Board, my eraft and the citizens at large for their kind co-operation, I am,
Yours truly,
GREENLEAF S. TUKEY, Plumbing Inspector.
Respectfully submitted, Jan. 1st, 1911.
223
Report of the Inspector of Milk
TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH :
Gentlemen :- I herewith present my annual report as Inspector of Milk for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1910.
The number of samples collected and analyzed during the year have been one hundred and forty-eight.
The average of milk solids, less fat was . 9.16
Of butter fat
3.86
Total solids . 13.02
With the standard at 12.15 I think the above average shows milk of a very satisfactory quality.
I have also visited several of the larger dairies and found the barns clean and well ventilated, and the milk produced under con- ditions that will admit of a very close inspection.
Twenty-five licenses have been issued during the year, also ten registrations.
Respectfully submitted,
H. A. SIMONDS, Inspector of Milk. Wakefield, Dec. 31st, 1910.
224
Report of Fourth of July Committee
RECEIPTS
Balance from 1909 .
$9 71
Town appropriation
. 500 00
$509 71
EXPENDITURES
Masten & Wells, fireworks $200 00
Children's entertainment .
35 00
A. T. Locke, lumber for fireworks 4 58 .
Chief of Police, officers 5 85
Item Press, printing 8 00
W. A. Prescott, lumber for athletic sports 3 81
Prizes for amateur sports 52 46
Boston & Maine Y. M. C. A. Band .
150 00
A. A. Mansfield, ringing bells .
2.50
Emil Nelson, ringing bells
2 50
J. Frank Anderson, ringing bells
.
2 50
George Gardner, distributing posters
25
$467 45
Cash on hand in National Bank
42 26
$509 71
M. LOW, Chairman, FRED E. BUNKER, Secretary, GEORGE W. ABBOTT, Treasurer.
ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY
WAKEFIELD, MASS.
1910
226
ORGANIZATION OF TRUSTEES
Chairman ·
Secretary .
Treasurer
Richard Dutton Edson W. White
Albert W. Flint .
STANDING COMMITTEES
LIBRARY Harry Foster, Chairman Mrs. Sarah Y. Morton
F. T. Woodbury
READING ROOM F. T. Woodbury, Chairman
Mrs. Sarah Y. Morton Richard Dutton
BOOKS Charles F. Mansfield, Chairman
Harry Foster Edson W. White
Miss E. Florence Eaton 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
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COMMITTEES ON CLASSES OF LITERATURE
General works : Philosophy : Religion. H. Lee M. Pike. Sociology and Philology. Ashton H. Thayer.
Natural Science. F. T. Woodbury.
Useful Arts. Edson W. White.
Fine Arts. Mrs. Sarah Y. Morton.
Literature. Charles F. Mansfield.
History. Harry Foster and Miss E. Florence Eaton.
Juvenile. Richard Dutton.
Librarian
Assistant Librarian . .
Miss H. Gertrude Lee Miss Ruth Gowen
Attendant at Greenwood . Mrs. Idabelle F. Studley Charles F. Mansfield
Purchasing Agent
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Report of Library Trustees
The Library Trustees respectfully present their report of the Library, the Reading Room and the Greenwood Branch for the year ending December 31, 1910.
Early last January all departments were closed for three weeks by order of the Board of Health on account of the epidemic of Small Pox and normal patronage was not regained until well into the Spring. Since June, however, the circulation has been larger each month than for the corresponding month in any previous year. There has been steady increase in the use of the non-fiction cards which were introduced early in the year. There have been over five hundred new applications to use the Library, which is over a hundred more than for any previous year. In fact the Library is each year serving more and more of the people and serving them not only with light literature but with books of ref- crence and serious study. Hampered as the Library is for room, this development along serious lines is especially gratifying.
In the purchase of new books each Trustee has been made responsible for some department of literature and by so doing it is hoped to develop the Library more systematically and evenly than has been possible in the past. Every patron is urged to assist the Trustees in this effort by kindly suggestion and criticism.
During the coming year it will be necessary to add another card catalogue cabinet and this will demand more or less rearrange- ment of the present waiting room. The Greenwood Branch and the Public Reading Room have both been well patronized and are in good condition.
The Board has with regret received and voted to accept the resignation as 'Trustee of Mr. H. Lee M. Pike on account of his
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removal from town. Mr. Pike has been a member of the Board for four years and has given generously of his time and thought to the development of the Library. It will be necessary for the town to elect a Trustee to serve out his term at the Spring election.
The Library has received various gifts of books and magazines during the year which have been gratefully accepted. A list of the same and statistics regarding the Library will be found in the Librarian's report following this report.
During the past twenty-five years nearly every Board of Trus- tees has emphasized the entire inadequacy of the Library accommo- dations. This fall the present Board recommended definite action to the town which would have made the erection of a Library building in the more or less near future a certainty, With the approval of some of our most influential citizens the Trustees secured the option on the Mansfield and Hickok properties on the northerly corner of Main and Avon streets with future option on the Hickok property at 3 Avon street. These properties were both in the market and the Trustees believe they were fortunate in obtaining reasonable figures thereon. From assurances they had received and from the universal interest in the project, the Trustees believe it would have been possible to raise a building fund by popular subscription provided the town bought the lot.
This proposition met with general favor at first and at the second session of the Fall Town Meeting, the town even voted to purchase the lot, which vote was reconsidered at the next session and the whole subject was finally indefinitely postponed.
The need of reasonable quarters is, however, better known and better realized than ever before and we believe the citizens will face and solve in the near future the problem of erecting a Library building worthy of the Town of Wakefield. Until such time, however, it is the duty of every citizen to co-operate with the Trustees in making the present cramped rooms attractive and use- ful to the greatest number of people.
A summary of the receipts and expenditures for the past year follows :
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LIBRARY
Appropriation
. $1,000 00
Income from dog tax
.
.
Income from trust funds .
280 20
Income from fines, etc.
118 47
Balance unexpended, 1909
12 42
$2,306 96
SALARIES
Librarian
$600 00
Assistants
285 55
$885 55
BOOKS
New
$322 11
Replaced
127 29
Duplicate
25 95
Binding .
45 13
Rebinding
133 67
Miscellaneous
29 45
683 60
Printing
104 10
Express
8 25
Incidentals
81 88
Lighting
275 15
GREENWOOD BRANCH
Librarian
135 50
Assistant librarian
38 77
Janitor .
26 00
Express .
.
25 00
Miscellaneous
9 85
235 12
Librarian, sundries
32 83
2,306 48
Balance unexpended
$ 48
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.
.
895 87
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READING ROOM
Appropriation
$275 00
SALARIES
Daily attendant
.
Sunday attendant
.
36 75
Magazince and newspaper
151 5
Magazine covers
17 34
Incidentals
$ 45
$275 00
Based upon these expenditures the Trustees recommend for the Libray the appropriation of a sum which, with the Dog Tax ll amount to 81,950, a sum $50 in excess of last year due to the need of a card catalogue cabinet.
For the Reading Room the Trustees recommend the appropria- tion of 8275.
Respectfully submitted.
RICHARD DUTTON. Chairman.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
Number of volumes Jan. 1, 1910
17,092
Added by purchase .
259
Added by purchase to replace worn out volumes
181
Added by donation .
82
Magazines bound
39
Volumes added to Greenwood Branch :
By purchase
42
To replace worn out
2
By donation
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40
84
Volumes worn out
· 13
71
17,724
Volumes worn out
225
Total number of volumes, Jan. 2, 1911
17,499
Number of volumes rebound, Main Library
· 368
Number of volumes rebound, Greenwood . 35
403
New names registered, Main library
528
New names registered, Greeenwood
. 83
Books and magazines circulated for home use :
Main library
32,115
Greenwood
10,858
*Total circulation .
42,973
¡Days open for circulation, Main library .
286
* Books used for reference at Library not counted, as formerly, in total circulation.
+ Library was closed three weeks on account of small pox epidemic.
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611
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Average daily circulation, Main library 112.3 Days open for circlulation, Greenwood branch . 143 Average daily circulation, Greenwood branch 75.9
Books used for reference, Main library 1,616
Postal cards used for waiting list, Main library . 474
Postal cards used for waiting list, Greenwood branch . 108
Donations from :
State of Massachusetts
34
United States
14
Mass. Com. on Cost of Living .
1
E. Stanley Abbott
2
A friend
4
Charles N. Winship
3
King C. Gillette
1
Richard Dutton
8
Charles S. Knowles
.
1
Harris M. Dolbeare
.
1
Charles C. Cameron
1
J. D. Greene
1
H. N. Higinbotham
.
1
C. A. M. Taber
2
James C. Melvin .
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1
Charles F. Hartshorne
.
1
Slason Thompson . .
1
Edison El. Illum. Co.,Boston, Mass. 1
Christian Science Publication Com- mittee, Reading, Mass. 2
National Lumber Mfg. Association . 1
Acheson Oildag Co. 1
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G. Arthur Packard, Science Magazine.
E. F. Poland, Farm Journal. Publishers, Dumb Animals.
Miss A. I. Appleton, Library Journals. Major William N. Tyler, Framed picture.
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GREENWOOD BRANCH
Donations from :
Mrs. L. J. Pittman
40
Mrs. L. J. Pittman, Magazines.
Mrs. C. B. Hall, Magazines.
Mrs. E. J. Doane, Magazines.
Mrs. Cora MacQuarrie, Magazines.
Miss Isabel G. Flint, Magazines.
Publishers, Dumb Animals.
LIBRARY HOURS
Daily · Saturdays
2-5, 7-8.30 p.m.
2-9 p.m.
READING ROOM HOURS
Daily 8-12 a.m., 1.30-5, 7-9 p.m.
Sundays
2-5 p.m.
GREENWOOD HOURS
Mondays and Thursdays . 3-5 p.m.
Saturdays . 6.30-8.30 p.m. H. GERTRUDE LEE,
Wakefield, Mass., Jan. 2, 1911.
Librarian.
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Assessors' Report
State tax
$13,750 00
County tax
9,536 07
Met. Park tax
4,514 01
Met. Sewer tax
9,057 67
$36,857 75
APPROPRIATIONS
Nov. 8, '09 :
G. & B. T. Moths .
$3,635 64
Highway Dept.
1,100 00
School Dept. Fuel .
306 25
Salaries Town Officers
1,013 75
Fire Dept.
1,025 00
Clerk of Selectmen salary
33 33
$7,113 97
March 14, '10 :
School Dept. Pay rolls
· $49,727 80
Fuel .
4,575 00
Books and Supplies
3,000 00
Contingent .
4,800 00
Evening School
.
800 00
Interest
.
16,995 00
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Water Dept. maintenance
14,000 00
Construction
5,000 00
Interest
8,440 00
Bond retirement
.
4,000 00
Salaries Comr's.
300 00
Poor Dept.
6,000 00
Police Dept.
.
5,200 00
Town Hall
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