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At home, Wellesley Hills. Stenographer, Chas. Ashley, Jr., New Bedford. Wheaton College, Norton. State Normal School, Bridgewater. State Normal School, Bridgewater. Worcester Academy, Worcester. State Normal School, Bridgewater. Posse School of Gymnastics, Boston. Post Graduate, N. B. H. S., New Bedford. Post Graduate, F. H. S. Fairhaven Stenographer, Steiger, Dudgeon Co., New Bedford.
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Judah H. Humphrey,
Marion S. Kelley,
Everett G. Leonard,
Edna L. Lilley,
Benjamin Luther,
Charles F. Perry, Jr.,
Florence A. Porter,
Arthur P. Raiche,
Marion C. Sherman,
Mary A. Sullivan,
Rachel W. Swift,
Alida L. Taber,
Esther C. Tinkham,
Curtis C. Tripp,
John H. Tripp,
Mary R. Wanner,
Post Graduate, F. H. S. Fairhaven. At home, Fairhaven. Swain Art School, New Bedford. State Normal School, Hyannis. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester. Real Estate, Charles F. Perry, New Bedford. Clerk, Cummings & Cummings, New Bedford. Electric Express, New Bedford. Clerk, Pairpoint Corporation. New Bedford. At home, . Fairhaven. At home, Fairhaven. Stenographer, Children's Aid Society, New Bedford. Stenographer, Atlas Tack Co. Fairhaven. Dartmouth College, 1 Hanover, N. H. At home. Acushnet. State Normal School, Bridgewater.
GRADE AND AGE DISTRIBUTION, 1914.
GRADE
HIGH SCHOOL
AGE
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
X
X
XI
XII
XIII
5
38
38
6
71
12
113
7
27
35
22
84
8
11
18
43
18
82
9
4
6
21
36
13
2
88
10
3
11
11
21
31
11
83
11
5
9
10
16
29
13
1
12
4
2
13
12
15
24
18
1
2
13
2
8
14
16
15
20
16
7
83
14
2
3
6
9
19
15
24
5
15
1
3
1
12
12
16
4
17
4
8
14
16
18
2
7
19
1
1
5
20
21
Total enrolled January 1, 1915 .
154
121
110
109
89
80
64
70
46
82
41
34
32
1032
Number over age based on entaance
age of five . .
15
41
15
55
45
38
27
31
14
16
9
3
377
Percentage above
normal age
29
36
41
50
60
472
44
36
192
22
9
152
36
Number over age based on entrance age of six . .
18
26
21
34
29
23
12
12
4
4
1
1
0
188
Percentage over age .
12
21
22
31
322
28%
18₺
17
10
05
02
03
17+
1
3
9
10
33
15
1
72
16
52
42
9
on
5
.
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NOTE .- The total enrollment during the current year numbers 1077
TOTAL
90
91
98
TABULATED=GRADES, TEACHERS, ATTENDANCE, ETC. SCHOOL YEAR-SEPTEMBER, 1912, JUNE; 1913."
SCHOOLS
Grades
TEACHERS
Whole numder
enrolled
Average
membership
Average
Per cent
attendance
Total days'
absence
tardiness
No. of weeks
in year
High Old High
High Prep.
Albert B. Kimball
188
173.1
168.2
97.1
930
130
40
Vashti M. Crosby
60
55.5
53.4
96.2
403
23
Rogers
8
Sara B. Clarke
59
49.1
47.2
96.1
358.
7
8
Marion H. Lovell
Grace J. Delva
51
49.
45.8
95.6
434.5
25
6 & 7
Elsie M. Kelley
44
42.2
40.3
95.6
348.5
19
6
Hazel M. Patterson
49
45.8
43.7
95.3
400.5
18
5
Edith M. Kendrick
37
31.4
29.7
94.8
321.
24
5
Sara M. Curtis
40
33.7
31.7
94.3
363.5
28
4
Marguerite Struthers
44
37.1
35.3
95.2
330.
19
Rogers Annex
4
Mattie L. Norris
44
36.6
35.3
95.1
335.5
3
3
Lillie B. Allen
35
32.2
30.3
94.1
354.5
13
3
Katherine R. Eames
38
32.0
30.2
94.6
330.5
16
2
Mildred L. Cranfield
48
41.4
37.1
87.6
698.
31
-
-
Florence M. Adams
-
Prep.
Mrs. Chas. Woodbury
attendance
Cases of
7
45
41.6
37.8
90.8|
707. 740.
18
Lydia R. Ilsley
58
45.8
41.5
90.4
27
Mary A. S. Sale
54
46.1
40.8
88.5
957.
12
Myra D. Crowell
41
32.8
31.5
94.8
325.5
16
Alice T. Lee
52
40.6
37.8
93.1
549.5
22
Lucy J. Bonney
Edale B. Garside
44
37.8
35.8
93.8
424.5
44
1
Charlotte C. Bayley
50
44.1
40.2
90.6 1102.5
69
Music
Drawing
M. Maud Morton
Sewing
Tosca Woehler,
Cooking
Eunice E Strong
Manual Training
Alvin J. Long
Charles Johnson
Physical Education
Frenerick C. Hill
Totals, 1914
1081
947.9
893.6
94.210413.5
564
Totals, 1913
1005
870.6
816.5
93.88,148
536
Totals, 1912
1002
879.1
815.4
92.
10,972
550
Totals, 1911
1028
845.
801.
94.
9,307
643
Totals, 1910
960
852.
775.
92.
1,0598
512
2
Rachel E. Kingsley
1
1 5 & 6
Oxford
3 & 4
2
Anna B. Trowbridge
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 1915.
PEASE FUND.
Cr.
Receipts :
wapenditures :
Balance Feb. 1, 1914
$294 36
Whas. Johnson, Jr.,
$135|00
Dividends from trust 's,
305|34
1. C. Hill,
88 06
Mis. Levi M. Snow,
35 00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
19|92
Ginn & Co.,
70|20
E. Babb & Co.,
17|84
Noyes, Randall Co.,
2|50
J. L. Hammett Co.,
27|99
Briggs & Beckman,
4 80
School Arts Pub. Co.,
8|75
Peter Murray,
7|29
Chas. F. Wing Co.,
3|50
$420|85
Balance Feb. 1, 1915,
178|85
$599 70
$599|70
EDMUND ANTHONY, JR. SCHOOL FUND.
Dr.
Cr.
Korenis :
Expenditures :
B: lince Feb. 1, 1914,
$200|00
(. H. Lawton,
$50|00
I ividends on Oct. 23, 1914,
400|00
Willard L. Hoxie,
35|00
J. B. Alton,
25|00
$155|00
Balance Jan. 1, 1915,
445 00
$600|00
$600 00
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Dr.
Cr.
Receipts :
Expenditures :
Balance Feb. 1, 1914,
$521|49 19,000 00
Teaching,
$9,454|36
Appropriation, March,
Supervision.
1,424|98
Janitors,
1,571|00
Transportation,
1,737|75
Fuel,
627|44
Books,
194 36
Supplies,
429|94
Repairs and new equip- ment,
1,966|00
Miscellaneous,
1,093|67
$18,499150
Balance Jan. 1, 1915
1,021199
$19,521149
$19,521|49
Dr
A. H. Austin,
45 00
H. H. ROGERS TRUST FUND.
Cr.
Receipts :
Expenditures :
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Balance Jan. 30, 1914,
$810|07
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
$204|00
A. R. Washburn,
10|57
Dividends on Dec. 21, 1914,
3,186 58
Union St. Railway Co.,
190 00
Adams Express Co.,
2|19
S. Whitlow,
1|90
Office Appliance Co.,
1|80
iinn & Co.,
· 23|57
Somerville Brush Co.,
8|87
5. G. Spooner,
13|19
J. L. Hammett Co.,
37|07
West Disinfecting Co.,
6|25
New Bedford Gas &
Edison Light Co.,
4 26
C. F. Cushing,
140
N. E. Tel & Tel. Co.,
3.30
Denison Bros. Co.,
186|34
1. F. Delano,
4|31
Sara B. Clarke,
200|00
"lorence V. Nichols,
130|00
Anne E. Williams,
140|00
Grace J. Delva,
120|00
Dorothy Hathaway,
100 00
Emma L. Horrocks,
110 00
Edith M. Kendrick,
120 00
Mattie L. Norris,
146 00
Sara M. Curtis,
120 00
Marguerite Struthers,
110'00
Katherine R. Eames,
120|00
Pauline Thiesfeldt,
100|00
Rachel E. Kingsley,
120|00
Constance Young,
100|00
Marian Shepard,
140|00
Mary A. S. Sale,
120.00
Myra D. Crowell,
180|00
Alice T. Lee,
115 00
Edale G. Garside,
110|00
Hattie M. Smith,
110100
Margaret Timberlake,
106|00
Ethel E. Westgate,
100 00
Anna B. Trowbridge,
90|00
Beatrice A. Rrandall,
94|00
Mary A. Wight,
45100
Balance Jan. 1, 1915,
352|63
$3,996|65
$3,996|65
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$3,644|02
Dr
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Teachers.
Sara B. Clarke,
$700.00
Myra D. Crowell,
580.00
Vashtie M. Crosby,
375.00
Anne E. Williams,
140.00
Marion H. Lovell,
275.00
Florence V. Nichols,
130.00
Grace J. Delva,
399.00
Elsie M. Kelley,
275.00
Dorothy Hathaway,
100.00
Hazel E. Patterson,
243.25
Emma L. Horrocks,
110.00
Sara M. Curtis,
390.00
Edith M. Kendrick,
423.00
Mattie L. Norris,
452.00
Marguerite Struthers,
350.00
Lillie B. Allen,
275.00
Pauline Thiesfeldt,
100.00
Katherine R. Eames,
395.00
Rachel E. Kingsley,
395.00
Mildred Canfield,
233.20
Constance Young,
100.00
Lydia Ilsley,
246.00
Marian Shepard,
140.00
Mary A. S. Sale,
381.25
Alice T. Lee,
372.16
Edale B. Garside,
350.00
Charlotte C. Bayley,
240.00
Hattie M. Smith,
110.00
Margaret Timberlake,
100.00
Ethel E. Westgate,
100.00
Mrs. Chas. E. Woodbury,
250.00
Mrs. A. L. Mackie,
57.50
Rachel W. Gifford,
18.00
Mrs. W. H. Thayer,
10.00
Mrs. Ruben L. Austin,
5.00
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M. Maud Morton, Beatrice A. Randall,
225.00
94.00
Anna B. Trowbridge,
315.00
$9,454.36
Janitors.
C. L. Lawton,
$500.00
A. H. Austin,
471.00
Willard A. Hoxie,
350.00
J. B. Alton,
250.00
$1571,00
Transportation.
J. L. Eldridge,
$220.00
Poor Department,
270.00
Lillie B. Allen,
15.00
Rachel E. Kingsley,
1.00
A. L. Machie,
89.25
Maud Osborn,
75.00
Union Street Railway Co.,
1,067.50
$1,737.75
Superintendent.
Charles F. Prior,
$1,424.98
Fuel.
A. L. Austin,
$3.50
Denison Brothers Co.,
83.15
J. C. Tripp, Frank Andrews.
533.29
7.50
$627.44
Books.
E. Babb & Co.,
$73.58
J. L. Hammett Co., 5.00
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American Book Co.,
41.76
Millicent Library,
4.00
D. Appleton & Co.,
21.67
Chas. Scribner's Sons,
8,27
A. S. Barnes Co.,
6.14
D. C. Heath & Co.,
10.00
Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
13.94
Educational Publishing Co.,
10.00
$194.36
Supplies.
J. L. Hammett Co.,
$255.91
E. Babb & Co.,
90.92
Bridgewater Normal School,
7.50
Ginn & Co.,
2.12
American School Peace League,
3.00
Wadsworth, Howland Co.,
39.00
F. S. Brightman Co.,
1.00
Chas. A. Harris,
3.08
World Book Co.,
15.26
C. E. Doner,
2.47
Milton, Bradley Co.,
4.58
Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
5.10
$429.94
Repairs and New Equipment.
L. W. Morton,
$152.62
H. H. Hathaway,
22.19
Estey Organ Co.,
30.00
Fairhaven Water Co.,
15.60
Samuel Whitlow,
2.40
Briggs and Beckman,
9.64
C. W. H. Moulton Co.,
3.60
C. F. Delano,
3.37
A. L. Bliss,
1.43
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Kenney Bros. and Wolkins,
465.70
Benj. M. Bates,
548.58
R. W. Leonard & Co.,
452.51
Parke H. Davis,
173.01
Valentine Machine Shop,
5.00
C. H. Lawton,
5.80
C. A. Hacker,
7.65
M. P. Whitfield,
45.50
F. W. Fraits,
16.65
Bliss & Wood,
.75
Fairhaven Sewer Department,
4.00
$1,966.00
Miscellaneous.
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.,
$56.54
Adams Express Co.,
16.24
Dr. A. N. Bruckshaw,
100.00
Fairhaven Water Co.,
341.81
C. D. Waldron,
15.80
Fairhaven Post Affice,
15.20
Dennis Mahoney,
3.00
Patrick Sulliven,
2.00
F. W. Fraits,
16.75
H. K. Nye,
13.45
C. J. Becker,
5.10
Charles F. Prior,
36.69
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.,
2.06
Playground and Recreation Co.,
2.00
Ralph A. Beardsley,
2.80
W. H. Dunham,
9.00
J. B. Alton,
.70
West Disinfecting Co.,
30.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.,
42.08
Frank J. Jameson,
19.25
Manuel D'Amarel,
32.85
Library Bureau,
2.32
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A. R. Washburn,
.55
L. W. Morton,
.60
Calvin Delano,
39.00
H. L. Wilson,
.24
Briggs & Beckman,
3.69
Edward R. Cole,
1.25
Standard Oil Co.,
.75
Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
3.60
James Ede,
2.09
E. Babb & Co.,
8.74
C. F. Wing Co.,
41.67
C. F. Delano,
1.67
New Bedford Printing Co.,
12.00
F. S. Brightman Co.,
.75
Marian Shepard,
1.70
Wright and Potter Printing Co.,
1.06
C. F. Cushing,
3.60
W. F. Church,
10.83
Somerville Brush Co.,
13.30
A. E. Coffin Press,
24.75
Steiger Dudgeon Co.,
1.88
Barrett Mfg. Co.,
6.25
Fairhaven Livery Stable,
1.50
A. P. W. Paper Co.,
14.06
A. E. Wordell Co.,
.50
Rachel W. Gifford,
57.00
Gertrude M. Carrie,
75.00
$1,093.67
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1914.
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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY 1893-1914.
President
HENRY H. ROGERS. . 1893-1909
HENRY H. ROGERS . 1909-
Vice Presidents
WALTER P. WINSOR 1893-94
GEORGE H. TABER 1895-96
GEORGE H. TRIPP. 1897-98
THOMAS A. TRIPP
1899-00
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM.
1901-02
JOB C. TRIPP
1903-04
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM. 1905-06
FREDERICK B. LYMAN.
1907-08
THOMAS A. TRIPP.
1909-11
EDWARD L. BESSE
1911-13
MORRIS R. BROWNELL. 1913-
Treasurers
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM. 1893-94
MRS. LIZZIE F. NYE.
1895-96
WALTER P. WINSOR. 1897-1911
GEORGE B. LUTHER. 1911-
Secretaries
THOMAS A. TRIPP. 1893-96
MISS ELLEN H. AKIN. 1895-96
MRS. SARAH C. ANTHONY 1897-98
MRS. LIZZIE F. NYE.
1899-00
DON C. STEVENS.
1901-
DREW B. HALL
1901-1911
GALEN W. HILL 1911-
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STANDING COMMITTEES 1914
Book Committee-
Mr. Rogers, Mr. Brownell, Mr. T. A. Tripp, Mrs. Winsor, Miss Clarke.
Finance Committee-
Mr. Luther, Mr. J. C. Tripp, Mrs. Nye, Mr. Benjamin, Mr. Pope.
House Committee-
Mr. Besse, Mr. G. H. Tripp, Miss Akin, Mrs. Broughton, Mr. Bauldry.
Trustees
Miss Ellen H. Akin. 1893-
Edmund Anthony, Jr. 1902-
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony
. 1893-1912
Lyman C. Bauldry
1913-
William E. Benjamin
1893-
Edward L. Besse
1893.
Mrs. Cara R. Broughton
1893-
Morris R. Brownell.
.1909-
Miss Sara B. Clarke
1912-
James L. Gillingham.
1893-1912
George B. Luther
1909-
Frederick B. Lyman
1904-1909
Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye.
1893-
Henry H. Rogers.
. 1893-1909
Henry H. Rogers, Jr.
1909-
Harry L. Pope.
1912-
Don C. Stevens.
.1893-1901
George W. Stevens
1893-1908
George H. Taber
1893-1901
George H. Tripp
.1893-
Job C. Tripp 1902-
Thomas A. Tripp 1893-
Charles W. White, Jr.
. 1902-1904
Mrs. Mary B. Winsor
1893-
Walter P. Winsor
1893-1911
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LIBRARY STAFF
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LIBRARIAN AND SECRETARY
GALEN W. HILL
June, 1911-
ASSISTANTS.
FLORA H. LEIGHTON, in charge of circulation January, 1903
EDA M. PERRY, Children's Librarian
February, 1905
ANNIE THOMPSON, Cataloger
December, 1891
RICHARD A. DENNIE, Page
January, 1913
JANITOR.
WILLIAM O. SAWYER April, 1907
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR 1914.
To the Trustees of the Millicent Library :-
I have the honor of submitting the annual report of the library for the year ending December 31, 1914, the twenty- second year of its service.
The work of the year is as usual best presented under dif- ferent headings to accord with its natural divisions.
Accessions and Withdrawals.
Miss Thompson reports the number of volumes added to the library during the year as 1,094. The withdrawals numbered 889, leaving a net gain for the year of 205 volumes and making the total number of books in the library 21,361. The only class for which more than the usual number of books was purchased was industrial arts. Several volumes of the International text books were added and to meet a demand a considerable number of new titles on business subjects.
The withdrawals were chiefly in the classes of fiction and travel and consisted mainly of duplicate and worn out copies. Two small lots of books selected from the best of the duplicates rejected were sent to a small neighborhood. library in Mane in a town some distance from a railroad. There they will be of service and pleasure to many people.
Binding.
Four hundred and twelve books were rebound, beside the binding of thirty-seven volumes of periodicals.
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Inventory.
An inventory of the books in the library was taken in September with the result that 49 books were reported missing since the inventory two years ago. Since then, eight have been found. The loss is a very small proportional one considering the number of books and the size of the circulation. It is to be regretted that among the unac- counted for are several volumes of the new music pur- chased this year.
Registration.
The borrowers registered for the eleven months to De- cember 1st numbered 331, making the total registration June 1, 1910 to Dec. 1, 1914, 3,208 names. In December a new registration was begun and during the month an even 900 borrowers were registered, about one-sixth of the popu- lation of the town. The new registration is planned so that each borrower's card will automatically expire three years from the date he registers and not at an arbitrarily set date as heretofore. This will do away with the inconvenience to new borrowers of registering over agan within a short time and will relieve the extra work and the waiting at the desk, made necessary when every person has to register.
Circulation.
Mrs. Leighton reports the circulation for the year, ex- clusive of the duplicate collection, school libraries and pam- phlet material, as 50,918, an increase of 548 over last year and the largest crculation since 1894. There was an in- creased use of the vacation privilege but a decrease in the use of the pay duplicate books.
The percentage of fiction circulated was 66.3, one per cent. less than last year. That the circulation in the different classes responds to stimulus is shown by the increase in the
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classes of industrial arts and music, attention to which was called in both bulletin and newspaper.
Catalogue.
The general revision of the subject headings in the catalogue was completed last year. This year new guide cards were added and corrections made. It would still be too much to say that there are no errors. The librarian wishes that any difficulties in using the catalogue may be promptly reported so that errors may be corrected and changes made. Time was not found to take up the work suggested in last year's report, the making of catalogue cards for the individual biographies included in the many collections the library has. It is to be hoped that some of this work may be done the coming year.
Children's Room.
The circulation from the children's room was 13,485, an increase of 356 over last year and the largest circulation since the room was instituted. During the fall there has been a falling off in the attendance in the children's room. This would not be a cause for regret if it were thought that the children were spending the evenings at home. It is likely, however, that outside attractions particularly the lure of the New Bedford "movies" are responsible in no small measure.
Miss Perry reports no special feature in the children's work this year. There was an increased use of the vaca- tion privilege by the children living at a considerable dis- tance from the library. Though no regular story hour is conducted, Miss Perry has often read aloud to groups of the smaller children, giving pleasure and holding the in- terest of many in this way.
Work with Schools.
School libraries have been sent as usual to the high and Oxford schools with a slight increase in use over last year.
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In the fall the librarian read a paper to the grade teach- ears' association on the subject, "How the teacher can help the lbrary and how the library can help the teacher," which was followed by a discussion. Interest was aroused in the question of teaching the grade pupils some knowledge of library methods and how to use the library intelligently. An experiment which has worked out fairly satisfactorily was made with the pupils of the ninth grade. A series of lessons was prepared by Miss Perry and given to groups of about ten pupils each, who have come to the library for a half hour to an hour a week. The course has taken about five weeks. The pupils have done their work quietly and orderly and very satisfactorily. The chief fault with the plan from the library standpoint has been the lack of time to put sufficient emphasis on each lesson, the whole course being rather too crowded. It might be better for the in- struction to begin wth a lower grade, say the thrd, and a graded course be used, a smaller amount of instruction and more required work being given each year. Under this plan it would be possible for a pupil entering high school or leaving school at the end of the eighth grade to have a better foundation for an intelligent use of the library than can be gained in a short, rather hurried course picked up wthout previous preparation and dropped entirely at its conclusion. This is not intended to reflect on the work done by the ninth grade this year. It was satisfactory in a large measure and too much can not be said for the spirit of cooperation and belief in the value of the work on the part of the superintendent of schools and Miss Williams, the teacher. We are glad to add that there has been all the year a manifest desire on the part of all the teaching force to help the library in every way possible.
For the high school the usual help in supplying supple- mentary reading and debate material has been given. A rather extensive list of books and references for use in con- nection with the work of vocational guidance was prepared and printed. The belief in the practicability and desirabil-
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ity of some vocational and moral instruction in the schools is not confined to educators but is generally held by stu- dents of present day conditions everywhere. The library should help in such work to the extent that it is able.
Bulletin and Publications.
Beside the list on vocational guidance referred to under "Work with Schools," the library has issued two special publications. A pamphlet called "Mark Twain and Fair- haven" was issued early in the spring. The purpose was to make accessible in printed form the speech delivered by Mark Twain at the dedication of the Fairhaven Town Hall and the letter he wrote to the trustees of the Millicent Library at the same time, the original manuscripts of which the library has framed and on its walls. The booklet con- tains a brief account of the relatoins of Mark Twain to Fairhaven, due to his friendship with Mr. Rogers, the speech and the letter, and a description of the library. It is il- lustrated by a hitherto unpublished photograph of Mark Twain and a cut of the library building. One thousand copies were printed for distribution to visitors and for ex- change with other libraries.
Believing it to be a proper function for this library to collect and preserve in permanent and convenient form the record and the speeches connected with the dedication of the Memorial Monument to Henry Huttleston Rogers, the trustees voted that this be carried out. The result was an attractive booklet of twenty pages, containing a copy of the program, the addresses in full, a brief explanation of the purpose of the memorial and excellent cuts of the whole shaft and of the tablet. Copies were sent to every sub- scriber to the Memorial fund and to the family of Mr. Rogers. Extra copies can be obtained at the library.
The Bulletin has been continued as a quarterly publica- tion. Special lists were printed in two issues. A list of books on business subjects in the September number re-
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sulted in an increased use of the books included and re- quests for other books on similar lines were received.
In the Bulletin for June a list of books on colonial sub- jects was printed. This was prepared at the request of the Colonial Club of Fairhaven and separates of this list were struck off for distribution at the library and the Colonial Club rooms. Mention should be made here of the paper read by Mrs. Leighton to the Colonial Club at a meeting in June on the subject "Colonial days and ways as por- trayed in books." This paper received everywhere the most favorable comment and to the interest aroused by it was due in no small measure the very considerable use of the "Colonial Club collection."
Oxford Branch Station.
At their meeting last week the school committee voted to grant the request of the library trustees for the use of a small room in the recently completed addition to the Oxford school building for a branch deposit station. Owing to the ungraded condition of the grounds and other neces- sary preparations to be made, it will not be possible to open the branch for the circulation of books before the last of the winter or early spring. It is, therefore, too early to announce definite plans or regulations. Because of the small size of the room, it will, however, be necessary to limit the use of the branch to the circulating of books, of which it will be possible to shelve between five hundred and one thousand.
The rapid growth of the north end of the town, the long distance from this library and the belief that the people of that section would appreciate the opportunity a library affords, could they have it nearer home, have led the library to consider how the problem of providing a branch service might be met. The completion of the Oxford school build- ing with a small room suitable for the purpose and not otherwise in use and the willingness of the school com-
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mittee to give the library free use of it have made possible the establishment of such an opportunity in the near future.
Buildings and Grounds.
No very extensive repairs on the library property have been made during the year. A new rubber mat and the cleaning and chipping of the steps have added to the ap- pearance of the entrance to the building. The grass plots between sidewalk and street have been resodded. Within the building, the large leather chairs have been recovered and new light shades of modern design purchased to re- place the old-fashioned and unartistic shades that had been in use for twenty years.
Personal.
Some of the meetings of the Massachusetts Library_Club have been attended by members of the staff. The librarian attended the Somerville meeting in January and Mrs. Leigh- ton brought back an excellent report of a very pleasurable and helpful trip to the two-days' meeting at Stockbridge in October.
No member of the staff, I believe, has lost a working day during the year. Their efficient work has made possible all that has been accomplished. To the trustees I express once more my appreciation for continued confidence and sup- port.
Respectfully submitted,
GALEN W. HILL,
January 12, 1914.
Librarian.
APPENDIX. Accessions, Withdrawals and Circulation 1914
ACCESSIONS
CIRCULATION
Adults
Children's Room
Total
Pay Duplicates
Children's Room
Adults
Child- ren's Room
Pay Duplicates
Schoolr'm Libraries
Pictures, Pamphlets
and Clippings
Fiction *General Works
178
109
53
65
405
33
477
88
25745 182
8049 115
33794 297
+Periodicals(unbound)
5385
232
5617
Philosophy
27
1
4
2
33
1
6
178
125
303
Sociology
85
7
2
10
104
2
12
489
795
1284
Language
4
2
3
9
11
63
370
433
Science
17
3
4
2
26
4
4
322
271
593
Useful Arts
105
20
7
3
135
7
4
1068
329
1397
Fine Arts
39
11
8
13
71
14
11
734
618
Chiefly fiction
Not classfied
Not classfied
1352
Music
15
31
5
3
54
2
301
133
434
Literature
47
6
10
6
69
54
20
953
919
1872
Travel
36
6
5
3
50
112
17
911
637
1548
History
33
1
4
5
43
19
7
345
705
1050
Biography
23
3
2
1
34
1
3
572
179
751
Totals
643
223
106
122
1094
33
699
190
50918
960
790
1247
2997
53915
*Includes bound magazines
tNot accessioned Registration for year to Dec. 1, 331 Total registration to Dec. 1, 3208 New registration Dec. 1-31, 900
Largest day's circulation 295, March 7 Smallest day's circulation 50, Christmas day Percent fiction circulation 66.3 Circulation per capita [Pop. 6000] 8.4
Total
New titles
Add. copies & volumes
New titles
Add. copies & volumes
6
33
7
5
1
185
8
193
Religion
22
5
28
Adults
7
20
WITH- DRAWALS
37433
13485
50918
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