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One hundred and fifteen pupils, over 40% of the total enrollment, are members of the Red Cross.
A girls' Patriotic League with 75 members has recently been formed in the school.
Health Supervision.
When the Town appropriated money toward the salary of a community nurse, thus enabling the Community Nurse Association to continue its employment of one, it did some- thing very beneficial to the schools. Thereby an arrange- ment was made possible which secured for them more regular
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and adequate health supervision than was possible before. One result of this is that the general condition of the children with reference to the minor diseases, such as pediculosis, im- petigo, itch, etc., has greatly improved. While it is true that we apparently always have contagious diseases like measles, mumps, whooping cough, etc., prevalent, it is certain that fewer pupils are exposed to them than formerly. When pos- sible the nurse visits each school weekly. Many suspicious cases of these diseases have been discovered by her and sent home or referred to the school physician for examination.
In addition to these duties she has performed minor surgical dressings for cuts, bruises, etc., given talks on gen- eral hygiene and personal cleanliness, assisted in the en- forcement of the vaccination law, and aided the school phy- sician in whatever individual examinations he has been able to give. The results of the examination of the children by the school physician and nurse are as follows :
Cases of Tonsils and Adenoids 169
Cases of Defective Teeth 18
Cases of Defective Hearing 6
Cases of Defective Eyesight 16
Cases of Impetigo 20
Cases of Itch. 3
Cases of Pediculosis 131
Cases of Miscellaneous Diseases. 31
In all the nurse has made 121 visits to the schools and looked after the treatment of 391 cases of minor diseases. Of equal or greater importance have been the 488 follow-up visits to the homes. Examination without oral discussion of the result with parents is in the majority of cases rela- tively valueless. Wholly or partly from the visits to the homes has been brought about the treatment of ten children for tonsils and adenoids, the fitting of six children with glasses, the treatment of five children at the orthopedic clinic. In addition one child eight years of age, who had never been to school, was sent to the Canton School for
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Crippled Children, five families were reported to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Through the efforts of the nurse, also, Emergency Kits have been placed in each of the grade buildings.
The Community Nurse has proven her value in the schools as well as in the community at large. It is earnestly hoped that her work may be continued.
Miscellaneous Items.
An earnest effort was made by the School Garden Com- mittee of the Improvement Association, in co-operation with the teachers, to increase the number of home gardens by children. Fighty-five children carried through a garden project, as against seventy last year. Three regular prizes were awarded as follows: First, Nelson Hillman; second, John Alden; third, Anna Blossom. Fourth prizes for merit- ous work were given to Clarence Blossom, Bradford Blossom, Mary Mello, Virginia Damos and Enos Day. No prizes were offered for flowers this year but the committee could not resist the temptation to recognize the delightful little flower garden by Ruth and Alice Harring.
Two addresses have been given since September under the auspices of the Fairhaven Union Teachers Association. Deputy Commissioner of Education, Frank B. Wright, gave one to the teachers, and W. R. Balch, war editor of the Boston Transcript, spoke to the general public at a meeting held in December.
The High school is to be congratulated on the beautiful calendar for 1918 which was issued recently. The designing and coloring were done by pupils in the Free Hand Drawing classes, the printing by the printing classes, and the quota- tions by the English department.
At the Rogers School a "store" has been established for the purpose of vitalizing the work in arithmetic. From various sources a large stock of merchandise has been col- lected. This is attractively displayed in a section of the hall. The fixtures were made by the boys of the manual training
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department. It is believed that this new venture in "real business" will be highly successful.
The fundamental factor in successful school work is a spirit of co-operation between all the agencies involved in the results. In a large degree this exists in Fairhaven. That is why steady progress has characterized your schools during the year.
Please accept my thanks, gentlemen of the committee, for your continued confidence, courtesy and support.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES F. PRIOR.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy for the year ending June 30, 1917.
High School.
Donald Campbell
Ruth A. Wheeler
Harold D. Mahoney
edward L. Besse
Rodney W. Perkins
Malcolm E. Campbell
Marian V. Bennett
John Carrie
Helen S. Conkling Marian Douglass Edna Dunn
Richard L. Kimball
Manuel Pacheco
Irene Galligan
Wesley S. Schiller
Katherine T. Gifford
George E. Sylvia
Marjorie A. Gifford
Albert Tomlinson
Pauline Humphrey
Walter E. Whitney
Dorothy L. Nye Wellington Bingham
Alexander T. Wilson Sylvia E. Almy Dorothy Baker
Herbert T. Porter
Ernest M. Schiller
Marian Calloway
Leonard A. Sherman
Bertha M. Cory
Henry R. Tomlinson
Edna B. Cory
Porter L. Ruggles
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Raymond P. Tripp Esther Austin
Madeline Caseewll Beatrice E. Gifford Alice C. Hammond Marjorie Haskins Catherine Jordan
Mary L. Delano Sadie M. Erlback Clara L. Foster
Helen S. Haskell Helen D. Nye
Doris Maxfield
Ida W. Palmer.
Helen L. Newton
Elizabeth D. Paull
Doris R. Price
Charlotte Stetson
M. Ellen Thomas
Esther L. Taber
Madge K. Westgate
John E. Haydon James Barlow
Bernice Taylor
Walter E. Bowman
Mary Goularte
Waldemar N. Damas
Mildred E. Howland
Lothrop H. Gifford
Elizabeth L. Humphrey
Howard O. Jackson
Gertrude E. Karl
Arthur Jarvis
Matilize McBurneet
Edward L. Nye
Ella M. Mahoney
William B. Perkins
Annie L. Mitchell
Antone C. Perry
Cassie B. Mosgrove
Clifford L. Sherman
Emily C. Perry
Percy E. Silver
Helen D. Perry
Alfred K. C. Sparrow
Sylvia Perry
Ruth D. Bumpus
Mary Roza
Catherine C. Fleming
Alice Galligan
Mary Sheehan Alice M. Sullivan
Mildred L. Taber
Old High School-Grades 8-9.
Beatrice Cornell Richard Bushnell Leo Sheehan
Olive Snow Leighton Casewell Catherine Kinsella
Dorothy Murray
Myrtle A. Nye
Mora G. Packwood
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Rogers School
Grade S. Elsie Adshead John Alden Harold Dugdale Joseph Miller Arthur Silva Nathaniel Westgate
Grade 7. Henry Drake Alice Burke Sarah Fleming
Grade 6. Manuel D'Amarel Manuel Perry Ruth Wilbur Alice MacDonald
Grade 5. Sherman Rounsville
Doris Bradshaw
Lillian Bumpus
Aldena Brown Thelma Price
Alma Sohlgren
Barbara Talbot
Harold McGowan
John Sylvia
Grade 4.
.
Winifred Padelford Lawrence McGowan · Mabel Maker
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Washington St. School.
Grade 3
Robert Casewell
Grade 2.
Edwin Wilcox
Louise Fleming
Catherine Price
Grades 1-2a. Manuel Santos
Grade 1.
Elizabeth Bettencourt
Grades 1-Sub-Primary . . . Warren Aiken Millicent Price
Oxford School.
Grades 6-7 Mary Mello
Grace F. Slocum
Grade 5. George Young
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PRESENT CORPS OF TEACHERS. High School.
Albert B. Kimball Science, History
Chas. H. Woodbury
Alvin J. Long
Mathematics, History Manual Education
Frederick C. Hill Physical Education
Josephine H. Leach English Grace M. Grant Stenography and Typewriting
Ruby R. Dodge
Latin, History, English Smith College
Winifred C. Baker
German and English French
Susan P. Gifford
Beatrice A. Phinney
Science and History
Emma Janowsky
Commercial Subjects, History
Eunice E. Strong
Domestic Science
E. Lucile Pierce
Sewing
Beatrice A. Randall Drawing
Anna B. Trowbridge Music Joseph R. Parker
Martha E. Ellison
Grades 7-8
Rogers School.
Bessie C. Verder
Grade 8 7
Alice Warren
66 6-7
Edith Hopkins 6
Sara M. Curtis
5
Fitchburg Normal
Bridgewater Normal Keene Normal Fairhaven High School
Washington Street School.
Marion Shepard
Grade 1
Mary A. S. Sale
1
Ruth A. Hutchinson
2
Sylvia A. Wilson
66
2
R. Alida Lalanne
3
Edna K. Russell
3
Oxford School.
Myra D. Crowell Ruth Fitzsimmons
Grade 7-8
5-6
Gertrude Hulse 66
4
Emily M. Robinson 66
3
Helen M. Benson
3
Ethelyn M. Bragdon
2-3
Mary F. Bass
66
1
Rachel Kennedy 66
1
Supervisors.
Anna B. Trowbridge (Part Time) Beatrice A. Randall (Part Time) Alvin J. Long Joseph R. Parker Frederick C. Hill
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Tufts College Columbia University International Y. M. C. A. Training School Mount Holyoke College
Chandler Shorthand, and R. I. State Normal
Boston University Grenoble University
Wellesley College Bryant and Stratton Business College Simmons College Columbia University Framingham Normal
Salem Normal School
Art Course Silver Burdett School Larsen Sloyd School
Worcester Normal
Farmington Normal
Brockton High School Bridgewater Normal Gorham Normal
Edith M. Kendrick
5
Mary F. Follansbee
66
4
Mattie L. Norris
4
Bridgewater Normal Framingham Normal Bridgewater Normal Castine Normal Bridgewater Normal Keene Normal
Bridgewater Normal Bridgewater Normal Bridgewater Normal Framingham Normal Hyannis Normal Gorham Normal Willimantic Normal Northfield Seminary
Music Drawing Manual Education Manual Education Physical Educational
Lila Birks
Manual Education
Old High School.
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GRADE AND AGE DISTRIBUTION, 1917.
Age
Grade
High School
1
2
3
4
5
6 7
8
9
10|
11
12
Totals
5
51
51
6
74
28
1
103
7
30
58
22
4
114
8
5
20
40
28
93
9
3
16
33
41
45
13
151
10
7
13
26
29
31
2
108
11
5
13
17
16
32
17
5
105
I2
1
1
11
8
10
20
35
20
6
112
13
4
4
13
8
16
21
23
1
90
14
1
2
2
1
4
11
39
10
3
73
15
3
26
24
11
1 65
16
1 17
16
21
6
61
17
7
11
5
15
38
18
1
1
2
10
14
19
2
1
1
4
20
1
1
21
1
1
Total enrolled
164 136 139 130 113 105
74
61 119
65
45
33
1184
Number over age
based on entrance age of six
9
30
43
31
23
9
4
4
25
14
5
1
198
Percent above normal age.
512
22
31
24
20 872
5 612
21 211
11
3
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TABULATED GRADES, TEACHERS, ATTENDANCE, ETC. School Year-September, 1916, June, 1917.
SCHOOL
Grades
TEACHERS
Whole number
enrolled
Average
membership
Average
attendance
Per cent.
attendance
Total days
absence
Cases of
tardiness
Number weeks
in year
High Old High
High
Albert B. Kimball
262
239.8
233.8
97.4
1130.0
113
40
8-9
Anne E. Williams
44
38.1
36.9
96.9
224.0
11
Rogers
8
Sara B. Clarke
52
49.3
47.2
95.8
387.5
22
7
Mabelle E. Steele
44
37.5
36.9
98.4
467.5
13
6-7
Edith L. Hopkins
46
43.9
37.8
86.0
1230.5
10
6
Lila Birks
50
43.5
41.3
94.9
409.5
17
5
Edith M. Kendrick
46
42.2
39.8
94.3
450.5
16
1
Mattie L. Norris
53
44.0
41.1
93.4
540 5
15
Washington St.
3
Velmah Spencer
45
41.4
38.0
91.8
648.5
72
3
Katherine Eames
43
39 5
36.4
92.2
544.0
33
66
Maud G. Churbuck
56
48.3
44.3
91.7
704.4
54
66
1a-2
Mary S. Fletcher
55
42.8
39.2
91.6
647.5
24
1
Mary A. S. Sale
54
46.0
40.5
88.0
958.0
16
1-S.P.
Marion Shepard
59
44.0
39.7
90.2
846.0
34
459.0
31
1
Elsie M. Blanchard
48
43.8
41.1
93.8
504.0
35
Sarah M. Curtis
51
42.2
39.7
94.1
8
Florence U. Nichols
26
Oxford
6-7
Myra D. Crowell Ruth Fitzsimmons
35
27.1
26.6 36.4
98.2 94.5
298.0 399.0
11
5
Gertrude Hulse
57
44.9
41.5 39.3
92.4
647.5
73
3
Emily M. Robinson
51
42.2
93.1
556.5
50
2
Helen M. Benson
60
43.2
40.9 37.2 33.6
94.7 91.4 SS.7
858.5
57
Music
Anna B. Trowbridge
Drawing
Beatrice A. Randall E. Lucile Pierce
Sewing
Cooking
Eunice E. Strong Alvin J. Long
Manual Training
Charles Johnson, Jr.
Frederick C. Hill
Totals, 1917
1360
1160.8
1089.2
93.8
14054.5
877
Totals, 1916
1282
1084.4
1028.9
94.9
10436.0
820
Totals, 1915
1167
1014.2
963.4
95.0
8040.5
658
Totals, 1914
1081
947.9
893.6
94.2
10413.5
564
Totals, 1913
1005
870.6
816.5
93.8
8148.0
536
47
38.5
76
4
1-2
Alice M. Tuxbury
50
659.0
39
1-S.P.
Hattie M. Smith
52
40.7 38.9
Physical Education
535.0
55
27
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1917
Cr.
Dr.
Receipts : Balance, Jan. 1, 1917 Dividends to Dec. 31, 1917
$75 69 305|34
Chas. H. Johnson, Jr.
$90|00
Joseph R. Parker
40|00
C. F. Delano
92 78
Union St. Railway
121|00
West Disinfecting Co. Wm. Allen
12|00
11|72
$367|50
Balance, Jan. 1, 1918
13|53
$381|03
$381 |03
EDMUND ANTHONY, JR., SCHOOL FUND.
Cr.
Dr.
Receipts :
Expenditures :
Balance, Jan. 1, 1917
$131|95 404|00
C. H. Lawton
$150|00
A. H. Austin
160|00
Williard L. Hoxie
105|00
J. B. Alton
75|00
U. W. Morton
10 90
C. F. Wing Co.
15|45
$516|35
Balance, Jan. 1, 1918
19|60
$535|95
$535|95
Dividends to Dec. 31, 1917
PEASE FUND.
Expenditures :
Cr.
H. H. ROGERS TRUST FUND.
Dr.
Receipts :
Expenditures :
1
Balance, Jan. 1, 1917
Bessie C. Verder
$250 00
Lelia M. Ogden
162|50
Lila Birks
160|00
Maud G. Churbuck
153|50
Edith L. Hopkins
160 00
Edith M. Kendrick
160|00
Sarah M. Curtis
160|00
Mattie L. Norris
202|50
Mary F. Follansbee
160|00
Nellie B. Russell
130|00
Marion Shepard
200|00
Mary O. S. Sale
160|00
Ruth Hutchinson
160|00
Sylvia A. Wilson
160|00
Velmah Spencer
161 |50
R. Alida Lalanne
137|75
Myra D. Crowell
247 50
Ruth Fitzsimmons
160|00
Gertrude Hulse
147|50
Emily M. Robinson
160|00
Ethelyn M. Bragdon
150|00
Helen M. Benson
160|00
Mary F. Bass
160 00;
Rachael Kennedy
140|00
Beatrice A. Randall
141 |25
Anna B. Trowbridge
112|50
Mrs. Percy I. Fletcher
18|00
Mrs. George H. Luther
6|00
Mrs. Chas. H. Woodbury
6 00
Mrs. Mary A. Cobb
3|00
$4347|50
Balance to Jan. 1, 1918
223 49
$4570|99
$4570|99
Cr. ·
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Dr.
Receipts :
Expenditures :
Balance Jan. 1, 1917
$524|32
Teaching
$12160|31
Appropriation 1917
Text books
483|93
Supplies
835|96
Rebate City Coal Co. bill
Transportation
1707|75
Superintendent
1733|28
Janitors
1440|00
Fuel
1712|99
Light, Water, Etc.
434|68
Repairs
574|02
New Equipment
199|53
Miscellaneous
817|93
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1918
103161
$22203|99
$22203|99
County Dog Fund
21000 00 676|92 2 75
$22100|38
Dividends to Dec. 31, 1917
$154|35 4416 64
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
(Itemized)
Teachers.
Sara B. Clarke,
$600.00
Florence V. Nichols,
450.00
Mabelle E. Steele,
360.00
Edith L. Hopkins,
447.00
Nina L. Sturtevant,
81.00
Mattie L. Norris,
586.50
Elsie M. Blanchard,
360.00
Sarah M. Curtis,
450.00
Edith M. Kendrick,
450.00
Marian Shepard,
554.31
Katherine B. Eames,
355.50
Velmah Spencer,
401.00
Mary A. S. Sale,
453.00
Constance Young,
174.50
Madge L. Goodspeed,
136.50
Anne E. Williams,
450.00
Myra D. Crowell,
682.50
Ruth Fitzsimmons,
450.00
Gertrude Hulse,
390.50
Emily M. Robinson,
450.00
IIelen M. Benson,
450.00
Hattie M. Smith,
360.00
Alice M. Tuxbury,
360.00
Beatrice A. Randall,
423.75
Anna B.Trowbridge,
337.50
Mrs. H. T. Gidley,
21.00
Mrs. Charles H. Woodbury,
93.00
Mrs. Percy I. Fletcher,
201.00
Maud G. Churbuck,
300.50
Lila Birks,
315.00
Mrs. George H. Luther,
25.50
Edna Ellsworth,
30.00
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Mrs. Harry Browne,
16.50
Bessie C. Verder,
150.00
Leila M. Ogden,
97.50
Mary F. Follansbee,
90.00
Nellie B. Russell,
108.00
Ruth Hutchinson,
90.00
Sylvia A. Wilson,
90.00
R. Alida Lalanne,
78.75
Ethelyn M. Bragdon,
90.00
Mary F. Bass,
90.00
Rachael Kennedy,
60.00
$12,160.31
Text Books.
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
$ 220.17
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
66.23
American Book Co.,
3.52
The MacMillan Co.,
80.00
Silver Burdett Co.,
9.15
Thompson Brown & Co.,
35.49
Charles Scribner's Sons,
2.00
D. Appleton & Co.,
1.21
Ginn & Co.,
11.96
Manual Arts Press,
4.25
D. C. Heath & Co.,
13.81
Benj. Sanborn & Co.,
20.75
Middlesex Bailey,
.75
The Century Co.,
10.80
Atkinson Mentzer & Co.,
2.59
William T. Comstock Co.,
1.25
$ 483.93
Supplies.
J. L. Hammett Co.,
$ 581.70
M. A. Bowman,
.80
Fairhaven Star, 12.75
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Edward F. Babb & Co.,
110.96
A. E. Coffin Press,
4.60
Pairpoint Corp.,
1.50
Wadsworth Howland & Co.,
20.09
Scott Foresman & Co.,
13.72
Schools Arts Publishing Co.,
8.75
World Book Co.,
11.81
Milton Bradley Co.,
50.28
C. E. Doner,
12.50
F. S. Brightman,
6.50
$ 835.96
Transportation.
Union Street Railway Co.,
$ 867.75
John L. Eldridge,
300.00
Mrs. John L. Eldridge,
140.00
Mrs. Maud Osborne,
60.00
Poor Department,
340.00
$ 1707.75
Superintendent.
Charles F. Prior,
$ 1733.28
Janitors.
C. H. Lawton,
$ 450.00
A. II. Austin,
450.00
W. L. Hoxie,
315.00
J. B. Alton,
225.00
$ 1440.00
Fuel.
City Coal Co., H. E. Lincoln, Calvin Delano,
$ 611.12
1097.87
4.00
$ 1712.99
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Light, Water and Janitors' Supplies.
N. B. Gas. Co.,
$ 78.17
Fairhaven Water Co.,
333.24
W. F. Church,
3.22
H. K. Nye,
4.45
C. F. Wing Co.,
1.00
Somerville Brush Co.,
14.60
$ 434.68
Repairs.
C. F. Delano,
$ 16.93
Alvin H. Topham,
9.70
Herman H. Hathaway,
20.34
Frank J. Marshall,
8.55
R. W. Leonard & Co.,
11.50
A. W. Perkins & Co.,
33.03
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.,
3.60
B. M. Bates,
8.55
M. L. Bisbee,
1.50
F. W. Fraits,
15.64
L. W. Morton,
35.79
Arthur C. Smith,
3.50
Patrick Sullivan,
14.85
C. A. Hacker,
.50
William Livesey,
4.34
S. W. Whitlow & Son,
3.45
M. P. Whitfield,
34.92
Fairhaven Sewer Department,
347.33
$ 574.02
New Equipment.
C. F. Wing Co.,
$ 3.30
Briggs & Beckman,
16.20
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins,
137.00
Frank J. Jameson,
13.18
J. L. Hammett,
7.43
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C. F. Cushing,
2.00
West Disinfecting Co.,
13.00
Edward Babb & Co.,
1.30
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.,
6.12
$ 199.53
Miscellaneous.
Hiller's Garage,
$ 1.50
Manuel D'Amarel,
24.65
F. W. Fraits,
27.64
Fairhaven Star,
8,25
F. S. Brightman,
2.20
Crapo, Clifford & Prescott,
5.00
P. B. Bragdon,
4.00
Geo. T. Johnson,
27.50
William Livesey,
.55
Delia Nerbonne,
.60
Browne Pharmacy,
1.85
C. F. Wing Co.,
4.20
W. F. Church,
8.54
Malcolm Harding,
10.00
C. J. Becker,
2.20
Case System Co.,
.50
H. I. Dallman,
15.63
N. B. Dry Goods Co.,
1.89
Henry C. Doughty,
19.25
A. C. McFarlin,
4.00
William Allen,
38.83
J. E. Budlong Press,
25.00
Wright & Potter Printing Co.,
12.26
Arthur C. Smith,
2.58
Edward Babb & Co.,
3.60
Fairhaven Star,
4.02
A. L. Shannon,
4.00
C. F. Prior,
61.62
W. F. Wilcox,
1.00
A. B. Dick Co.,
1.83
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Calvin Delano,
29.75
Adams Express Co.,
20.86
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
21.22
Dr. L. W. Horne,
75.00
Community Nurse Association,
75.00
Helen L. Baker,
154.56
Joseph Sylvia,
11.00
Charles H. Lawton,
45.75
Mrs. E. B. Mackie,
60.00
$ 817.93
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1917.
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TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY.
Miss Ellen H. Akin
Lyman C. Bauldry
William E. Benjamin
Edward L. Besse
Mrs. Cara R. Broughton
Morris R. Brownell
Miss Sara B. Clarke
William B. Gardner George B. Luther Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye Harry L. Pope Henry H. Rogers George 11. Tripp Thomas A. Tripp
Mrs. Mary B. Winsor
Officers and Standing Committees, 1917-1918.
llenry H. Rogers, President Lyman C. Bauldry, Vice-President George B. Luther, Treasurer The Librarian Acts as Secretary of the Board.
Book Committee-
Mr. Rogers, Mr. Bauldry, Mrs. Winsor, Mr. Brownell, Mr. Pope.
Finance Committee-
Mr. Luther, Mr. Gardner, Miss Akin, Miss Clarke, Mr. Benjamin.
House Committee-
Mr. T. A. Tripp, Mr. Besse, Mr. G. H. Tripp, Mrs. Nye, Mrs. Broughton.
FORMER TRUSTEES.
Edmund Anthony, Jr. 1902
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony, 1893-1912
James L. Gillingham, 1893-1912
Frederick B. Lyman,
1904-1909
Charles W. White, Jr., 1902-1904
Henry H. Rogers, 1893-1909
Don C. Stevens,
1893-1901
George W. Stevens, 1893-1908
George H. Taber, 1893-1904
Job C. Tripp, 1902-1917
Walter P. Winsor, 1893-1911
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LIBRARY STAFF.
GALEN W. HILL. Librarian
FLORA H. LEIGHTON. In charge of circulation
EDA M. PERRY. . Children's Librarian
ANNIE THOMPSON Cataloger
*RICHARD A. DENNIE
Page
WALTER WHITNEY. Page
FRED PFLUG. Page
WILLIAM O. SAWYER. Janitor
OXFORD BRANCH.
STANLEY KENDRICK In charge ALBIN SILVA. In charge
* RICHARD A. DENNIE Assistant
WALTER WHITNEY Assistant
*Resigned to enter U. S. Army, May 1, 1917.
+ Resigned August 1, 1917.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR 1917.
To the Trustees of The Millicent Library :-
In this season of the annual reports of public institutions and business organizations, I imagine that there will be very few indeed which will not in large measure be taken up with their reactions to "America at war." In looking over the monthly reports of this library I find that practically every special effort out of the ordinary routine has been along some line directly or indirectly connected with war service.
What have we done ?
First, the library has tried to do its share in the agri- cultural preparedness, the home garden and the food preser- vation and conservation movements. Cooperating with the Home Garden Committee of the Fairhaven Improvement Association we acted as the distributing agency for all bulletins, circulars and other advertising material that could be used to promote or assist the movement. Duplicate copies of the most useful and practical of the bulletins of the United States Department of Agriculture and the State Board of Agriculture were secured and distributed.
In much the same way we have helped push the home canning and food conservation campaigns. We have dis- tributed several hundred bulletins on canning by the various methods, drying, pickling and on the economical use of differ- ent kinds of food. In addition, two lists were prepared and printed on opposite sides of a 3"x8" slip, one a list of books and pamphlets on canning and food preservation, the other a list of economical cookbooks and bulletins helpful in saving food. These were distributed from the desk and through the mail.
Through the use of posters and the bulletin board we have endeavored to assist the Red Cross, the Liberty Loan and other campaigns.
The nation wide campaign to provide books for the sol- diers and sailors and to establish in every training camp libraries similar to public libraries was one which was directly "up to" the libraries of the country to put through.
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The American Library Association was asked by the Fos- dick Commission of Training Camp Activities to assume responsibility for this feature of camp life. A Library War Council, appointed by the Secretary of War and headed by Mr. Frank A. Vanderlip, of New York, took charge of the financial campaign to raise $1,000,000 for the purpose. Every town and city in the country was alloted a quota to be raised equal in dollars to five percent of its population and local trustees and librarians were asked to take charge of the campaign which was held during the week of Sept. 23rd to 29th.
Fairhaven's quota was $313.85 but such was the response that $451.55, 45% in excess of our quota, was raised locally, a tribute to the appeal of the cause, the gen- erosity of Fairhaven people and the splendid effort of the trustees who did the soliciting.
The country wide total collected was $1,200,000, which has been supplemented by a gift from the Carnegie Cor- poration of enough money to erect the library buildings in nearly all the cantonments.
Fairhaven also responded well to the call for gifts of books aud magazines. During August, September and October, over 700 books and several thousand magazines contributed by people in Fairhaven were sent to Camp Dev- ens and other camps in New England.
In response to a call for men experienced in library work to volunteer for temporary service in the organization and the administration of the camp libraries, the librarian was given by vote of the Board, Sept. 9, a leave of absence of from six weeks to two months for this work. The call came November 1st to go to Camp Upton, Long Island, New York and I have given the last two months of the year to this very important organization work. I have had the sát- isfaction of seeing the library facilities in that camp grow from possibly 1200 books scattered in seven Y. M. C. A. buildings to nearly 8000 volumes in the Y. M. C. A. huts. 1500 books placed in the buildings of the Knights of Colum-
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bus, 1000 volumes in the wards at the Base Hospital, 15,000 placed in the barracks as special company libraries and over 5000 newly purchased books and good gift non-fiction, all pocketed, roughly catalogued and ready for circulation, packed in boxes waiting for the completion of the library building about Jan. 15th. There has already been a demand for books for study and reference along military and tech- nical lines as well as for recreation and I know that the library will be not only a popular institution but an educa- tional and military asset to the camp. For the opportunity to take part in this work, I have to thank the trustees of the library who granted me the leave of absence and also the members of the staff who naturally took on added duties and responsibility.
The library will have another opportunity for service early this year. The establishment of a station of the United States Naval Reserve Force in Fairhaven means the quarter- ing of from 200 to 400 men in the barracks on Fort street. Lieutenant Washburn, the commander of the section, has welcomed the plan of this library to loan two or three hundred books for the use of the men in the barracks and has offered to provide the shelving for them in the men's recreation room. In addition, we will welcome the men at The Millicent Library building and grant them the same privileges for reading and taking out books as residents of Fairhaven.
Accessions and Withdrawals.
The number of books added the past year was 1040, nearly three hundred less than were added in 1916. One hundred and eighty-eight books were withdrawn. The total number of books in the library at the end of the year was 23,761. The only special purchase was the new edition of the New International Encyclopedia. Our entrance into the war has meant an increased demand and consequent dupli- cation of military handbooks, books on first aid and the like and personal war narratives.
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The library has been fortunate in receiving gratis much good war material from English sources. We also received from Mr. Urban H. Broughton of London several copies of his excellent little monograph, "The British Empire at War." Through the generosity of Mrs. Winsor of the Board, the library was enabled to possess a copy of the beautiful English Bible which was published a few years ago under the auspices of a committee headed by the Bishop of Lon- don. It is a rare opportunity for this library to possess such a fine piece of book-making and the beautiful colored illus- trations, the paper, the typography and the binding of this three volume Bible are an inspiration in themselves. From the Job C. Tripp estate, the library has received valuable photographs, the manuscripts of addresses made by Mr. Tripp on various occasions and Mr. Tripp's Japan corres- pondence.
Registration and Circulation.
Four hundred and twelve new borrowers registered dur- ing the year, bringing the total number of cards issued on the three years' registration period which ended Dec. 31st up to 2924.
The number of books issued for home use from the main library was 48,070, a gain of 847 over last year. There have been no new rules or changes in regulations. Personal war narratives continue to be the most popular books and even the fiction most in demand during the year has been that in- spired by the war, as "Mr. Britling sees it through" and "Christine."
During the year Mrs. Leighton and Miss Perry com- pleted the compilation of the short subject lists of fiction mentioned in last year's report. These lists have been type- written and placed in a loose-leaf binder and their constant use has proved them to be as satisfactory a bit of work in this line as the library has ever undertaken. Mrs. Leighton has also arranged a complete separate title list of fiction on
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cards. These have been placed in two drawer cabinets which have been found much easier of use by the public than the regular catalog.
Children's Room and Work With Schools.
The number of books issued from the children's room was 13,119, an increase over last year. Miss Perry has con- tinued the course of instruction in the use of the library to the seventh and eighth grades in the schools with satisfactory results.
For the past year or two, Miss Perry in collaboration with the public school teachers has been preparing a graded list of books for supplementary reading for use in the schools. Typewritten experimental lists have been in use for some time. This fall revised lists, the result of the experimenta- tion were accepted and turned over to the School Depart- ment to be printed.
Oxford Branch.
The circulation of books from the Oxford Branch was 6,085, which is slightly less than the record of last year. The falling off was chiefly in the spring and summer, for the last few months have shown a decided increase in circula- tion over the same months in 1916.
At the opening of the fall term, the School Department required the use of the room which they had so generously loaned the library for a reading room. This department was therefore closed and the list of magazines subscribed for was materially reduced, about a dozen popular periodicals being retained for direct circulation.
Mr. Stanley Kendrick, who had been in charge of the branch from its opening in 1915, resigned in August be- cause of the pressure of his regular duties. The resignation was accepted with much regret for to his efforts were due in no small measure the popularity of the branch from the
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beginning. Mr. Albin Silva was appointed to the position and has handled the work efficiently.
Building and Grounds.
Very little has been done in the way of repairs or im- provements on the library property. The high cost of ma- terial and labor precluded the extension of the curbing to the William Street and Walnut Street sides of the library or the purchase of some sort of floor covering for parts of the building, two very desirable improvements.
In September, the library received as a loan from Mr. Ernest S. Tappan of Boston a remarkably fine copy in oils of the Madonna of the Chair by Raphael. The loan was especially appreciated for the painting was purchased many years ago in Italy by Judge Francis Tappan, a former resi- dent of Fairhaven, and had hung for many years in his home on Fort Street. The picture was placed over the mantel in the trustees' room.
Personal.
On July 13, 1917, Job Carver Tripp, an honored mem- her of the Board of Trustees for fifteen years passed away at the ripe old age of eighty-eight. Mr. William B. Gardner was elected at the November meeting to fill the vacancy.
Respectfully submitted,
GALEN W. HILL, Librarian.
January 8, 1918.
CLASSIFIED Accessions, Withdrawals and Circulation
ACCESSIONS
With- drawals
CIRCULATION
Adults
Juvenile
Total
Main Library
Oxford Branch
Total
New titles
Add. copies & volumes
New titles
Add. copies & volumes
Pay Duplicates
Adults
Juvenile
Adults
Juvenile
Adults
Juvenile
Fiction
2.45
131
38
29
413
22
85
50
24050 1521
8400
2497
1208
36155 6476
10
+General Works
9
20
3
32
2
60
139
199
Philosophy
13
1
14
235
6
1
242
Religion
19
5
2.1
2
155
89
258
Sociology
12
12
7
65
2
9
193
773
26
1299
Language
5
3
20)
4
117
195
1
56
669
Science
8
3
14
244
177
1
64
189
Useful Arts
18
3
1
73
-
917
260
35
12
1254
Fine Arts
17
7
1
33
4
155
103
33
16
937
Music
51
9
1
66
313
67
9
8
397
Literature
45
12
69
892
913
3.1
56
1895
Travel
26
6
1
38
2
897
137
9
161
1504
History
89
27
116
·2
1
4
1085
343
57
153
1638
Biography
25
6
2
33
2
517
174
16
36
743
Total
615
257
65
73
1040
24
93
93
3.1951
13119
1216
1869
54155
188
48070
6085
* Not accensioned
+Includes bound Magazines
* Periodicals (unbound)
4.43
1512
1
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STATISTICAL REPORT.
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY, FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
Annual Report for Year Ending December 31, 1917.
Population served (State Census 1915) . 6,277
Terms of use: Free for lending and reference.
Total number of agencies: Central library; branch; one school deposit station.
Days open during year (Central library)
365
Hours open each week for lending
84
Hours open each week for reading
84
Vols. at beginning of year
2,364
22,909
Vols. added by purchase
812
135
947
Vols. added by gift
48
48
Vols. added by binding otherwise counted
material not
42
3
45
Vols. lost and withdrawn
93
95
188
Vols. at close of year
. 21,354
2,407
23,761
Pamphlets, pictures, etc., added.
No record kept
Vols. of fiction loaned .
26,547
9,608
36,155
Total volumes loaned .
39,167
14,988
54,155
Home use from agencies.
855
Other circulation (pictures, clippings, etc. ) .
870
Number of borrowers registered during year.
412
Total number of borrowers.
2,924
Registration period, three years.
Titles
Copies
Number of periodicals currently received.
105
142
Financial statistics omitted.
..
Adult 20,545
Juvenile
Total
one
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