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"The unknown number of boys and girls
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who will partake of the unusual opportunity for education will remember with gratitude the spirit that moved the donor to express his belief in young people by affording them opportunities beyond those he ever enjoyed.
"To you who have' so faithfully and gen- erously carried out your father's plans, we ex- tend the thanks of the community and the appre- ciation of the hundreds of boys and girls who have already shared, and of those who will in the future share, the blessings and joys which have been made available through your service."
As suggested in connection with the report on your elementary schools, it would seem wise to make a careful evaluation of results at the high school looking towards the possibility of operating a broader type of secondary school work, a type that would meet the demands of a larger pro- portion of your children of high school age and offer them more advantages along the lines of the practical in education. This will probably mean eventually the introduction of part- time and continuation work in your manual arts, domestic arts, physical and chemical laboratories-not only for those pupils who have completed the traditional preparation for high school but for many who leave school at fourteen years of age and in the 5th, 6th or 7th grades.
In concluding my comments and suggestions, I appre- ciate the fact that some of the changes and improvements recommended cannot be put into immediate effect for finan- cial and other reasons. On the other hand, I believe that no suggestion has been made that should not be given early and thorough consideration with a view to its introduction.
The few months that I have been connected with your school system have been exceedingly pleasant and I have appreciated to the full the attitude of all with whom I have come in contact in connection with my duties.
Respectfully submitted,
OLIVER H. TOOTHAKER,
Superintendent.
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HIGH SCHOOL FINANCES.
As explained more fully elsewhere, the handling of the High School finances through the Town Treasurer's office became effective from October 1st, 1918. Below is a sum- mary of receipts and expenditures for the three months remaining of the financial year :
Receipts.
October 24,
$3,000.00
November 5,
4,500.00
$7,500.00
Expenditures.
For the three months, October, November and December,
$7,399.09
January 1, 1919, balance, $100.91
Following is a summary of the High School expendi- tures for October, November and December by departments : Supervisors' salaries, $188.50
Principal's salary,
720.00
Teachers' salaries,
3,597.00
Text books,
332.85
Supplies,
323.19
Janitors' salaries,
969.99
Fuel,
594.40
Light, water, janitors' supplies, etc.,
188.66
Lunch room salaries,
230.00
Repairs,
105.72
New equipment,
17.60
Sundries,
131.18
Total,
$7,399.09
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Itemized statement of High School expenditures October, November and December, 1918 :
Teachers.
Albert B. Kimball, $720.00
Ralph H. Tukey,
540.00
Alvin J. Long,
450.00
Grace M. Grant,
55.00
Gladys S. Jennison,
300.00
Eunice E. Strong,
300.00
Josephine H. Leach,
330.00
Winifred C. Baker,
240.00
Susan P. Gifford,
240.00
Ruby R. Dodge,
240.00
Emma A. Coombs,
255.00
Jennie L. Winslow,
300.00
Bertha S. Harris,
135.00
Beatrice A. Randall,
100.50
Anna B. Trowbridge,
30.00
E. Lucile Pierce,
142.50
Maurice Ross,
87.50
Mrs. A. B. Kimball,
40.00
Total,
$4,505.50
Text Books.
Ginn & Co.,
$193.02-
Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co.,
28.05
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
33.23
Allyn & Bacon,
10.60
Longman, Green & Co.,
7.97
American Book Co.,
34.40
The Century Co.,
5.34
C. E. Birchard & Co.,
20.24
$332.85
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Supplies.
F. S. Brightman Co.,
$17.00
Office Appliance Co.,
3.58
Fairhaven Star,
32.75
Ginn & Co.,
59.00
George L. Briggs,
.60
E. E. Babb & Co.,
5.44
A. N. Palmer Co.,
2.24
J. L. Hammett Co.,
179.17
Greene & Wood,
19.80
Atkinson, Mentzer & Co.,
1.61
National Geographic Society,
2.00
$323.19
Janitors' Salaries.
William B. Weeks,
$339.99
Pardon A. Howland,
210.00
David K. Snow,
210.00
George F. Tripp,
210.00
$969.99
Fuel.
City Coal Company,
$543.35
David Duff & Son,
54.30
Akin & Denison,
5.75
$594.40
Light, Water, Janitors' Supplies, Etc.
N. B. Gas Co.,
$63.66
Calvin Delano,
41.00
Albert W. Lawton,
2.00
Fairhaven Water Co.,
79.15
N. P. Hayes,
1.60
Valentine's Machine Shop,
1.25
$188.66
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Repairs.
L. W. Morton,
$5.00
N. P. Hayes,
8.25
Babbitt Steam Specialty,
30.82
Robert W. Foster Brass Foundry,
1.40
F. E. Earle Co.,
1.35
C. F. Delano,
29.47
H. H. Hathaway,
23.90
George T. Johnson Co.,
2.10
Johnson Service Co.,
2.03
Akin Denison Co.,
1.40
$105.72
Sundries.
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.,
$37.15
Elmer Stevens,
15.93
Parsons Steam Laundry,
5.61
A. B. Kimball,
18.38
O. H. Toothaker,
46.89
Adams Express Co.,
7.22
$131.18
New Equipment.
Singer Sewing Machine Co.,
$17.60
Lunch Room Salaries.
Mrs. Emma Eldred,
$90.00
Alice Scott,
70.00
E. Lucile Pierce,
70.00
$230.00
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ROLL OF HONOR.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy for the year ending June 28, 1918.
High School.
Richard M. Bushnell
Antone C. Perry, Jr.
James L. Caswell
Winslow C. Sisson
John W. Cleever
Catherine C. Fleming
John Goulart
Carleton G. Swift
Timothy J. Leary
Nathaniel G. Westgate
Roderick S. Perry
Elizabeth Humphrey
Robert W. Pinault
Beatrice C. Mosgrove
Mildred E. Howland
Sylvia Perry
Arthur E. Silva
Mary Sherman
Raymond A. Terry
Malcolm E. Campbell
Katherine M. Hammond
Stuart H. Sherman
Hilda M. Keavney
Florence G. Freitas
Emily C. Perry
Margaret H. Porter
Mary Sheehan
Wellington H. Bingham
Alice M. Sullivan
Bernice R. Taylor
Richard L. Kimball
Henry R. Tomlinson
Sylvia E. Almy
Esther A. Austin ·
Ida W. Palmer
Edna B. Cory
Esther L. Taber
Catherine H. Jordan
Elizabeth G. Weeks
Helen L. Newton
Herbert D. Porter
Madge K. Westgate
Elsie M. Adshead
Madeline B. Caswell
Dorothy Hammond
Marjorie F. Haskins
Luretta Holmes
Doris Maxfield
Matitize McBurnett
Charlotte Stetson
Walter E. Bowman
Ruth A. Wheeler
Old High School-Grades 7-8.
Hilton S. Holland John H. Hawkins
Charles Young Adeline M. Almy
Mary M. Wilcox
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Rogers School.
Grade 8 Sarah Fleming Mary Carvalho Virginia Damas
Grade 7.
Richard Devine Manuel Foster
Grade 6.
Bryant Lothian John Sylvia
Aldena Brown
Evelyn Morse
Barbara Talbot
Alma Sohlgren
Marjorie Westgate
Grade 5.
Charles H. Holland
Grade 4.
Drayton B. Burgess Rosa Sylvia Delano Doran
Washington Street School.
Grade 3 Frederick Padelford
Grade 2.
Hollis Frawley Louise Fleming Warren Aiken Jennie Corie
Elizabeth Bettencourt
Gertrude Corrie
Oxford School.
Grades 6-7 Roswell Silva Leonard Wilkinson
Grade 5.
Lillian Topham Florence Wilkinson
Grade 4.
Bessie Jenny
Grade 3.
Dorothy Henshaw
Grades 2-3
Marion Rose
Mildred Rose
Grade 2. Emma Rothwell
Albert B. Kimball
PRESENT CORPS OF TEACHERS. High School Teachers, 1918-1919. Principal Science, Mathematics (M. S.) * Harvard Summer School *Clark University *Oxford University, Eng., Summer Sessions
Teaching staff arranged in order of appointment.
Mrs. Ruby R. Dodge Latin, History, English
Grace M. Grant,
(Resigned Nov., 1918)
Physical Education
Frederick C. Hill (Resigned Feb., 1918) Anna B. Trowbridge Eunice E. Strong Susan Gifford
Supervisor of Music Cooking, Physiology French
Silver Burdett School Teachers' College, Columbia Harrington (N. B.) Normal *McGill University *Grenoble University, France * Alliance Francaise, Paris *Teachers' College, Columbia *Mass. University Extension R. I. School of Design
Alvin J. Long
Manual Training, Printing, Mechani- * Teachers' College, Columbia cal Drawing *School of Printing Tufts College (A. B.) Mathematics, History
Charles H. Woodbury (On leave of absence) Mrs. Josephine L. Crowell Beatrice A. Randall
Englislı Freehand Drawing
German, English
Winifred C. Baker (Resigned Jan., 1919)
Commercial Subjects
Sewing, Refectory Manual Training
E. Lucile Pierce Joseph R. Parker (Resigned June, 1918) Ralph H. Tukey
Mathematics, History
Bates College (A. B.) Harvard College (A. M.) Yale University (Ph. D.) Mount Holyoke College (A.B.) * Harvard Summer School Castine Normal School *Summer School, Castine
Mrs. Beatrice E. Bailey History, Mathematics (Resigned Sept., 1918) Maurice Ross, Physical Education
(Resigned Nov., 1918)
Hazel C. Carter Typewriting, Princi- pal's Assistant German, English Miriam D. Thomas
Edward J. Hines
Physical Education
Mount Holyoke (A. B.) Salem Normal School Salem Normal, Art School Wellesley College (A. B.) * Harvard Summer School *Mass. University Extension Bryant & Stratton Bus. Col. *Simmons College Framingham Normal School Larsen Sloyd School
Jennie L. Winslow
English, Physical Education
Emma A. Coombs
Commercial Subjects
Bertha S. Harris
Gladys S. Jennison
History, Mathematics, Science Commercial Subjects
Mount Holyoke (A. B.) Chandler Shorthand School * Boston University Wellesley (A. B.)
Y. M. C. A. Training School
Keene (N. H.) High School Mount Holyoke (A. B.) *Bridgewater Normal Posse School of Gymnastics *Emerson School of Oratory *Sargent Summer School
* Attended but did not graduate.
Worcester Polytechnic Inst.
Commercial Subjects
Smith College (A. B.) R. I. Normal School Pawtucket Training School Chandler Shorthand School Y. M. C. A. Training School
Emma Janowsky (Resigned June, 1918)
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Rogers School.
Bessie C. Verder
Principal Grades 7 and 8
Mrs. Grace I. Woodbury Grades 7 and 8
Ruth E. Wells
Grades 7 and 8
Mary A. Newburg
Grades 7 and 8
Mrs. Doris C. Rankin
Grades 7 and 8
Naomi L. Babson Grade 6
Annie S. Melrose
Grade 6
Mattie L. Norris
Grade 5
Helen O. Huntress
Grade 5
#Kendall Shorthand Haverhill High Bridgewater Normal
Oxford School.
Myra D. Crowell
Principal Grade 6
Edith C. Kendrick
Grade 5
Olive M. Raymond Grade 4
Mrs. Grace M. Toothaker Grade 4
Chatham High *Bridgewater Normal *New York University *Summer Sessions Fairhaven High Framingham Normal New Bedford High Bridgewater Normal Stafford (Conn.) High New York Normal College
*School of Expression, N. Y. C. Littleton High
H. Lillian Robinson Grade 3
Gertrude F. Hulse
Grade 2
Rachael Kennedy
Grades 1 and 2
Dorothy Fuller
Grade 1
Rutland (Vt.) High Middlebury College, B. S. Brown University, M. A. *Oxford University, England Farmington (Me.) Normal *Summer Sessions South Paris (Me.) High Tufts College, A. B. West Warwick (R. I.) High Brown University, Ph. B. Fitchburg High
Fitchburg Normal New Bedford High Bridgewater Normal Rockport High Gloucester Training Newport (N. H.) High
*Keene (N. H.) Normal. Fairhaven High
*Lowell Normal Fairhaven High Bridgewater Normal Northfield Seminary
*Hyannis Normal New Bedford High Bridgewater Normal
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Washington Street School.
Ethalene M. Barnard
Principal
*Sheldon (Vt.) High Johnson (Vt.) Normal
Mary A. S. Sale
Grade 1
Newton High
Carrie L. Bowman
Grades 1 and 2
Falmouth High
Sylvia A. Wilson
Grade 2
Hyannis Normal Fort Fairfield (Me.) High Aroostook (Me.) Normal
Edna K. Russell
Grade 3
* Hyannis Normal Keene (N. H.) High
Maude Johnston
Grade 4
*Keene (N. H.) Normal Vinalhaven (Me.) High *Farmington (Me.) Normal
Job C. Tripp School.
R. Alida Lalanne
Principal
Grade 3
B. M. C. Durfee High Bridgewater Normal Essex High
Lydia Raymond
Grade 4
Salem Normal
Marguerite Greene
Grades 2 and 3
Keene (N.H.) High
Edith I. Benson
Grade 1
Keene (N. H.) Normal Methuen High * Abbot Academy Wheelock Kindergarten
Supervisors.
Anna B. Trowbridge Beatrice A. Randall
Music
Drawing
Edward J. Hines
Physical Education
Silver Burdett School Salem Normal Salem Normal, Art East Boston High Posse School of Gymnastics * Emerson School of Oratory *Sargent Summer School
Substitutes and Assistants.
Mrs. Bessie P. Willcott
Mrs. Mary S. Fletcher
Partridge Academy *North Adams Normal Beverly High Salem Normal
Attended but did not graduate.
Grade 1
Framingham Normal
TABULATED GRADES, TEACHERS, ATTENDANCE, ETC. School Year-September, 1917, June, 1918.
SCHOOL
Grades
TEACHERS
Whole Num-
ber Enrolled
Average
Average
Attendance
Percent. Attendance
Total days
Absence
Cases of
Tardiness
No. Weeks in
High
High 7-8
Albert B. Kimball
266
233
229
96
915
40
Old High
Martha E. Ellison
34
29.8
28.1
94.1
276
25
Rogers
Bessie C. Verder
13
37.3
35.7
95
351.5
21
( Leila M. Ogden
I Grace 1. Woodbury Lila Birks
19
14.2
12.3
95.4
369.5
22
Rogers
6-7
Alice G. Warren
56
40.3
38
94.2
410.5
12
f Edith L. Hopkins
Rogers
| Mary A. Newburg Edith Kendick
52
15.2
13. 1
95.8
737.5
11
Rogers
=
36.1
33.7
93
419.5
19
Rogers
Sarah M. Curtis
43
39.8
37.9
95
361.5
17
Rogers
1
Mattie I .. Norris
51
17.3
44.7
94.3
172
18
Rogers
4
Mary F. Follansbee
60
44.9
12.2
93.7
199.5
12
Washington St.
R. Alida Lalanne
45
37.2
34.9
93.4
440
Velmah C. Spencer
Washington St.
Edna K. Russell
17
37
31
91.6
534
33
Year
Rogers
-I
( Maude G. Churbuck
¡ Nellie B. Russell
Membership
34
35
-
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
Washington St.
1-S.P.
\ Ethalene M. Barnard
61
17
40.5
83.8
1175.5
28
Oxford
6-7
Myra D. Crowell
11
35.4 34.4
33.4 32.7
93.8 95
371.5 318.5
24 32
Oxford
¡ Gertrude Hulse
18
39
33.6
93
739
55
Oxford
¿ Lydia Raymond
Oxford
3
Emily M. Robinson
13
40.1
37.7
94.1 93.9
142.5 400
52
Oxford
2-3
Helen M. Benson
10
36.2
34.7
95.8
273
28
Oxford
1-S.P.
Rachael Kennedy
11
32.3
29
89.9
627.5
46
Oxford
1-S.P.
Mary F. Bass
17
35.6
32.9
92.1
721.5
17
Job C. Tripp
1B-S.P.
Rachael K. Luther
39
36
96.3
33
Emmelyn Y. Huff
39
38.2
37.2
97.6
22
.)
Job C. Tripp
IA-II
Edith I. Benson
Totals, 1918
¥1407
1220.5
1148.2
93.3
12411.5
895
Totals, 1917
1360
1160.8
1089.2
93.8
14054.5
877
Washington
St.
-
Mary A. S. Sale
57
14.5
39.9
90.8 89.5 89.4
809 766 $63
62
Washington
St.
Sylvia A. Wilson
44
10.2 43.1
Washington
St.
Ruth Hutchinson
57
55
38
J Marion Shepard
5
Ruth Fitzsimmons
13
Oxford
Ethelyn M. Bragdon
35.5
33.4
46
* Real total, not apparent total.
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AGE AND GRADE TABLE, JANUARY 1919
GRADE
Total
Total
Per Cent
Normal
Per Cent
Over Age
Per Cent
Under Age
5
6 7
8 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Grade I
44
86
48
20 | 7 2 5
212
34
63
16
21
Grade II
29
46
42
13
6 |
1
137
20
64
15
21
Grade III
2
25
59
31
19
18 3|4 |1 1
153
36
59
23
18
Grade IV
10
30
46
26
21
17
1
159
71
49
45
6
Grade V
17
38
34
19
12
5 1
1
126
37
56
30
14
Grade VI
26
38
32
14 |
13 1 1
125
29
56
23
21
Grade!VII
1
25
33
28
8
95
8
65
8
27
Grade VIII
1
18
32
15 |
4
70
4
67
6
27
Grade IX
18
34 | 31
9
2 1
1
96
13
67
14
19
Grade X
6 2
1
1
36
10
58
28
14
Grade XI
1
-
17
13
17 13
1
49
11
62
22
16
Grade XII
1
9
18 9
4
41
4
66
10
24
TOTAL
44
117
119
131
98
138
138
126
126
89
61
43
39
19
9
2
1299
277
60.5
21.3
18.2
8 |
14
AGE
Over Age
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT -
1918
PEASE FUND.
Receipts : Balance from 1917
$13|53
Expenditures : Joseph R. Parker Transferred, miscellaneous
$60|00
Dividends to Dec. 31, 1918
324 61
278 14
$338 14
$338|14
EDMUND ANTHONY, JR., SCHOOL FUND.
Receipts :
Balance from 1917
$19|60
Expenditures : Transferred, miscellaneous
$449|10
Dividends to Dec. 31, 1918
429|50
$449 10
$449 10
H. H. ROGERS TRUST FUND.
Receipts :
Balance from 1917
$223|49
Dividends to Dec. 31, 1918
4,545 80
Expenditures : Transferred, Teachers' salaries
$4,769 29
$4,769 29
$4,769|29
PUBLIC FUNDS.
Receipts :
Expenditures :
Balance from 1917
$103|61
Teaching
$19,431|75
Appropriation, 1918
26,000 00
Text books
569 98
County Dog Fund
747 53
Supplies
1,092 86
Miscellaneous Credits
27|08
Transportation
1,710 25
From Rogers Fund
4,769|29
General Control
1,986 19
From Anthony Fund
449 10
Janitors
2,301|97
From Pease Fund
338
14
Fuel
1,816 82
Repairs
863|96
Miscellaneous
1,426 51
New Equipment
30 00
$31,230
29
Balance Jan. 1, 1919
1,204
46
(Including amount paid Joseph R. Parker)
$32,434 75
$32,434 75
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXPENDITURES.
(Itemized)
Superintendent.
Charles F. Prior,
$577.76
O. H. Toothaker,
888.88
$1,466.64
Clerk.
Helen Baker,
$18.30
Louise Rounsville,
122.70
Madge Westgate,
114.70
$255.70
Truant Officer.
Joseph Silva,
$13.75
Charles H. Lawton,
44.50
$58.25
School Census.
Grace Mackie,
$15.00
Louise Rounsville,
50.00
$65.00
Office Expense.
W. M. Allen,
$32.57
Fairhaven Star,
69.66
C. F. Prior,
2.93
Hiller's Garage,
4.00
O. H. Toothaker,
23.16
Sullivan & Crocker,
1.25
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.,
7.03
$140.60
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Teachers.
Bessie C. Verder, $1,080.00
Mrs. Grace I. Woodbury,
678.60
Lila Birks,
390.00
Alice Warren,
390.00
Edith L. Hopkins,
260.00
Edith M. Kendrick,
670.00
Sarah M. Curtis,
617.50
Mattie L. Norris,
840.00
Mary F. Follansbee,
661.25
Mrs. Percy I. Fletcher,
156.55
Marion Shepard,
104.00
Mary A. S. Sale,
676.50
Ruth Hutchinson,
672.00
Sylvia Wilson,
670.50
Edna K. Russell,
665.50
R. Alida Lalanne,
647.50
Myra D. Crowell,
1,000.00
Ruth Fitzsimmons,
390.00
Gertrude Hulse,
181.00
Emily Robinson,
390.00
Helen M. Benson,
390.00
Mary F. Bass,
390.00
Joseph Parker,
60.00
Rachael Kennedy,
668.75
Mrs. George B. Luther,
160.00
Beatrice A. Randall,
595.00
Anna B. Trowbridge,
470.00
Martha E. Ellison,
401.00
Mrs. Mary A. Cobb,
54.00
Marian Briggs,
130.50
Gertrude H. Gray,
3.00
Lydia Raymond,
490.00
40
Ethalene Barnard,
667.50
Mrs. E. B. Whitcomb,
31.75
Mrs. Converse,
6.00
Mary Newburg,
410.00
Emmelyn Huff,
93.00
Mrs. C. F. Kendrick,
3.00
Mrs. William B. Weeks,
3.00
Edith I. Benson,
270.00
Ruth E. Wells,
280.00
Naomi L. Babson,
276.50
Annie S. Melrose,
273.00
Mrs. Doris Rankin,
248.00
Marguerite Greene,
260.00
Doris Hardy,
150.00
Olive M. Raymond,
234.00
Dorothy Fuller,
240.00
Lillian Robinson,
280.00
Mrs. S. H. Slichter,
3.50
Mrs. H. T. Gidley,
33.25
Mrs. Grace Toothaker,
108.50
Mrs. Bessie P. Willcott,
56.35
Mildred Brink,
21.00
$19,431.75
Text Books.
E. E. Babb & Co.,
$ 250.61
Ginn & Company,
67.89
The MacMillan Co.,
42.33
World Book Co.,
6.52
Charles E. Merrill Co.,
22.49
Teachers' College,
.46
The Riverside Press,
30.53
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.,
15.56
American Book Co.,
23.69
Scott, Foresman & Co.,
14.40
The Prang Company,
12.42
41
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
16.41
Russell Sage Foundation,
5.25
Government Printing Office,
2.00
D. C. Heath & Co.,
26.61
Rand, McNally Co.,
13.43
Charles Scribner's Sons,
11.11
Funk & Wagnalls Co.,
6.81
Lemcke & Buechiner,
1.43
$ 569.98
Supplies.
J. L. Hammett Co.,
$ 278.11
Milton Bradley Co.,
213.84
E. E. Babb & Co.,
394.42
Adams Express Co.,
9.86
Frank J. Jameson,
9.25
F. S. Brightman Co.,
4.50
Daniel O'Neill,
12.00
Mrs. C. H. Woodbury,
2.50
M. Amarel,
19.51
H. I. Dallman Co.,
27.51
Fairhaven Star,
14.80
Wright & Potter Ptg. Co.,
1.05
Masury Young Co.,
21.53
N. P. Hayes & Co.,
1.00
C. F. Wing Co.,
2.25
The Novelty Press,
3.00
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.,
5.84
Office Appliance Co.,
7.08
World Book Co.,
19.91
N. B. Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.,
10.06
School Arts Magazine,
8.75
A. E. Coffin Press,
2.85
Atkinson Mentzer & Co.,
9.06
Russell Sage Foundation,
.40
Scott, Foresman & Co.,
12.40
Kansas State Normal School,
1.38
$ 1,092.86
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Transportation.
Union Street Railway Co., John L. Eldridge, Mrs. John L. Eldridge, Poor Department,
$ 765.25
345.00
200.00
400.00
$1,710.25
C. H. Lawton,
$ 675.00
A. H. Austin,
675.00
W. L. Hoxie,
495.00
J. B. Alton,
125.00
Thomas Scales,
166.64
Thomas Greenwood,
123.66
Corbit Elliott,
12.00
W. B. Weeks,
29.67
$ 2,301.97
Fuel.
H. E. Lincoln,
$ 1,717.69
George Randall,
98.13
Joseph B. Alton,
1.00
$ 1,816.82
Repairs.
H. B. Howland,
$ .75
Valentine's Machine Shop,
4.85
Fairhaven Garage,
.35
Alvin Topham,
35.07
C. F. Delano,
358.95
L. W. Morton,
126.25
M. L. Bisbee,
.75
Benjamin M. Bates,
10.21
C. F. Cushing,
8.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.,
2.65
H. H. Hathaway,
144.16
R. W. Leonard,
11.00
Janitors.
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Auto Electric Station,
2.00
S. Whitlow & Son,
15.37
F. W. Frates,
9.34
Calvin Delano,
8.00
F. W. Elliott,
25.00
C. A. Hacker,
5.00
N. P. Hayes,
47.00
Frank Marshall,
6.27
G. H. T. Brown,
18.00
Gunning Boiler Machine Co.,
7.50
A. W. Perkins,
17.49
$863.96
New Equipment.
Office Appliance Co.,
$30.00
Miscellaneous.
F. W. Frates,
$20.28
Boiler Inspection Department,
4.00
N. E. Tel & Tel. Co.,
16.83
Mercury Pub. Co.,
11.00
M. D'Amaral,
13.34
F. S. Brightman,
29.00
New Bedford Typewriter Exchange,
12.00
W. F. Church,
15.10
C. F. Wing Co.,
5.85
S. Whitlow & Son,
4.56
Fairhaven Star,
16.50
Briggs & Beckman,
1.80
Fairhaven Light Diffusing Co.,
12.75
Myra D. Crowell,
2.24
H. I. Dallman Co.,
15.46
Mrs. Chas. F. Prior,
266.64
West Disinfecting Co.,
102.75
H. S. Hutchinson,
.90
R. R. Dodge,
.90
Calvin Delano,
8.00
A. C. McFarlin,
7.00
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John T. Sutcliffe,
4.16
Browne Pharmacy,
.25
C. W. H. Moulton,
12.00
Postal Telegraph Cable Co.,
5.80
Helen M. Benson,
4.00
Adams Express,
4.93
Middlesex County House Correction,
50.74
Massachusetts Reformatory,
14.87
Reformatory for Women,
17.14
Massachusetts State Prison,
10.61
Henry C. Doughty,
21.25
Rand McNally Co.,
2.68
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.,
1.93
Baudoin & Miller,
7.50
C. F. Delano,
1.80
Novelty Press,
.35
Percy Bragdon, boiler inspection,
2.00
Ideal Ventilator Co.,
8.50
William A. Gibbs,
.82
High School Lunch Department,
5.60
Joseph Damas,
2.00
.Johnson & Johnson,
9.44
L. W. Horne, M. D.,
75.00
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.,
131.11
Fairhaven Water Co.,
349.45
Weeden Manufacturing Co.,
11.20
Murray, Florist,
38.00
H. K. Nye,
8.59
C. F. Wing Co.,
2.22
Calvin Delano,
18.00
C. H. Lawton,
3.75
George Pierce,
2.50
W. H. Page,
6.00
James Goggin,
11.25
M. L. Bisbee,
1.00
Fairhaven Light Diffusing Co.,
13.17
$ 1,426.51
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918.
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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 H. Tripp Thomas A. Tripp
Mrs. Mary B. Winsor
Officers and Standing Committees, 1919-1920
Henry H. Rogers, President William B. Gardner, Vice-President George B. Luther, Treasurer The Librarian Acts as Secretary of the Board.
Book Committee-
Mr. Rogers, Mr. Gardner, Mr. G. H. Tripp, Miss Clarke, Mrs. Winsor.
Finance Committee ----
Mr. Luther, Mr. Benjamin, Mr. Besse, Miss Akin, Mrs. Broughton.
House Committee-
Mr. T. A. Tripp, Mr. Bauldry, Mr. Brownell, Mrs. Nye, Mr. Pope.
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, 1893-1901
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
*WALTER WHITNEY
. Page
FRED PFLUG .
Page
STANLEY STROM Page
WILLIAM O. SAWYER. Janitor
OXFORD BRANCH.
ALBIN SILVA. In charge "WALTER WHITNEY Assistant
FRED PFLUG. Assistant
*Resigned Oct. 1, 1918.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR 1918.
To the Trustees of The Millicent Library :
During the year, 1918, the war has naturally made its impress on the activities of the library and what has been done aside from routine administration has been a modest contribution to war service.
We have continued by the use of poster space, bulletins and the distribution of literature, to aid in a small way the Liberty Loan, the Red Cross and the War Chest campaigns. A table has been maintained for the distribution of the various bulletins and circulars of the Food Administration and over five hundred pamphlets of value to home garden- ers were secured and distributed.
The special activity of libraries in the war has been the Library War Service under the American Library Associa- tion which has erected and maintained library buildings in every cantonment and large naval station and pro- vided library service in hospitals, in small camps and in all Y. M. C. A. and K. C. huts wherever located and has shipped over 500,000 books overseas where a special service has been developed. For the Library War Service, The Millicent Library collected over 700 books, the majority of which were sent overseas through the Cambridge Dispatch Office. Advertising for this book campaign was done through paid space in the local paper, as well as reading notices, by a dis- play advertisement in the March issue of the Bulletin and by the circulation of hand bills. The quality of the books given was unusually good.
During the months of September, October and Novem- ber, the librarian was granted leave of absence to assist in the administration of the camp library at Camp Upton where for the greater part of the period he was in charge. This was the same library he served as organizer in the fall of 1917 and naturally the one in which he had a special interest. He returned with a sense of satisfaction in the work that has been accomplished and an appreciation of the oppor- tunity of sharing in it.
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An opportunity for local service came with the estab- lishment of a station of the U. S. Naval Reserve Force in Fairhaven. With the approval of the commanding officer, who provided shelving in the recreation room at the bar. racks, a representative collection of popular books was loaned the station. These, with the considerable number given by friends, constitute a library for the barracks that reports indicate has been fully appreciated, and which will be used more than ever during the winter by the men who will be stationed there. Many officers and men have taken out cards at the main library and have spoken appreciatively of services rendered.
In its normal activities the year 1918 has been one of steady progress rather than one of special achievement.
For twenty-five years the Millicent Library had opened its doors to the public each day in each year, including Sun- days and holidays. We regret that this record has been broken. During the influenza epidemic in the fall, the Board of Health deemed it wise as a precautionary measure to order the library closed for both reading and circulation of books. The period of closing lasted from September 29th to October 28th, exactly one month. This closing period made the home use of books for the year less than for 1917, though the difference was much less than the average cir- culation for one month. The Oxford Branch, which was closed for the same period, odd enough, shows for the eleven months of 1918 a gain of 413 in circulation over the twelve months of 1917. The staff continued at work, and the en- forced suspension offered a rather unusual opportunity to take inventory uninterrupted and to finish many odds and ends of work.
Accessions and Withdrawals.
The number of books added to the library during 1918 was 1070, of these 632 were new titles, the remainder being replacements or volumes added by binding. Gifts acces- sioned numbered 20. There were 188 withdrawals, making
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the total number of books in the library at the end of the year, 24,643.
Mr. Edward Denham has continued to give us regularly the annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History, gifts that are appreciated. We have received from Mr. Lemuel Tripp of New York correspondence between his father and Henry Clay, autograph letters, which are welcome additions to our collection.
Registration and Home Use of Books.
A new registration was begun this year. All borrowers cards in use for three years automatically expired and their possessors were asked to re-register. The registration totals 1,218 names for the year; of these about one-third are new names on our list.
The number of books issued for home use was 45,883, the total including the Oxford Branch amounted to 52,381. These figures, of course, are for the eleven months the library was open to borrowers. Books on the war have continued in popularity, the number actually issued, not including books strictly military or naval in character, being 1,483.
Children's Room and Work with Schools.
The circulation of books from the children's department was 12,965 which proportionally was an increase over last year. The children's collection now numbers 2544 volumes which is as many as the room will conveniently shelve. Fewer new titles were added this year, the accessions being mainly replacements.
The Christmas exhibit in December consisted entirely of children's books. The attendance while not large certainly justified the effort.
Partly as the result of conditions attending the clos- ing of schools and the library during October, the usual school library was not sent to the High School. Pupils have
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been coming to the main library for their work in reading courses. The use of the library by the teachers has shown a decided increase this year, more books, pictures and clip- pings being issued under the school charge than ever before. A shelf of books useful in connection with the school survey has been maintained.
The course of instruction in the use of the library given to the seventh and eighth grade school children has been continued. Slight changes have been made by Miss Perry from year to year as the result of experience and the course is very favorably regarded by superintendent and teachers.
Oxford Branch.
The Oxford Branch has grown in popularity during the past year. The evidence is found in the circulation figures, 6498 for 1918, less the month of October, as against 6085 for the full twelve months of 1917. A change of books was made during the summer, about half the fiction and non- fiction being returned to the main library and other books sent in replacement. The inventory showed a very slight loss. The number of French books issued is less than in previous years and new titles are evidently needed. Mr. Silva has continued in charge and has handled the work efficiently.
Publications.
The Bulletin has been continued as a quarterly publica- tion, its use as a printed catalog of recent accessions by many of our readers certainly justifies its existence. The March issue was made a vehicle for advertising the cam- paign for books for the Library War Service with satis- factory results.
On July 4th, Viscount Ishii, Japanese Ambassador to the United States presented to Fairhaven a beautiful Sa- murai sword, the gift of Dr. T. Nakahama of Tokio, Japan, to commemorate the rescue of the latter's father, Manjiro Nakahama by Captain William H. Whitfield in 1841. The
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celebration of this event, unique in its character and in its international aspect, marked an important day in the history of the town.
By vote of the Selectmen, The Millicent Library was made the custodian of the sword which is a beautiful speci- men of Japanese workmanship and dates from the XIVth century. The sword in its glass case now occupies the table in the trustees' room.
In partial appreciation of this honor and in the belief that some permanent printed record of the presentation of the sword should be preserved, the library published in the fall a booklet which gives in outline the story of Manjiro Nakahama, an account of the celebration incident to the presentation of the sword and the addresses made at the exercises. The booklet was printed on a good grade of calendered paper and bound in an attractive stiff paper cover and illustrated by five cuts of Viscount Ishii, Manjiro Nakahama, Dr. Nakahama, Captain Whitfield and the sword. Fifty copies for presentation purposes were bound in brown cloth with gilt top and lettering.
During the fall while the library was closed, the entire floor surface of the building was scraped and refinished. The vestibule ceiling was retinted and the walls thoroughly cleaned. Other repairs are minor in character.
Mrs. Leighton represented the library at the annual conference of the American Library Association held at Saratoga, June 30 to July 6th. She reported an enthusiastic and inspiring meeting largely devoted to libraries and the war and expressed her appreciation of the opportunity of attendance. Miss Perry attended the Massachusetts Library . Club meeting at Camp Devens in May.
In conclusion I wish to thank the board for the leave of absence generously granted and for suggestion and assist- ance during the year. I especially appreciate the spirit with which the staff took on added work and responsibility while I was away.
Respectfully submitted,
Jan. 14, 1919.
GALEN W. HILL. Librarian.
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
Adults
Juvenile
Adults
Juvenile
Adults
Juvenile
Fiction
191
124
51
93
159
62
57
22505 4080
8238
2133 1613
1431
34307 6031
*Periodicals (unbound)
3
13
1
50
70
234
8
102
4
1
107
Philosophy
7
1
10
134
Religion
60
11
14
92
1
13
658
753
16
88
1515
Sociology
1
4
-
1.
190
162
16
82
450
Science
59
9
1
72
3
820
204
54
58
1146
Fine Arts
4
14
18
1
225
57
2
4
288
Music
38
5
3
.7
63
.12
747
. 900
135
1804
Literature
14
5
3
27
1
12
771
448
25
229
1473
Travel
113
41
6
165
6
1715
294
112
132
2283
History
26
5
5
2
38
1
180
170
22
52
724
Biography
Total
550
268
85
167
1070
73
1115
32918
12965
1086
2412
52381
188
45883
6498
* Not accessioned
fIncludes bound Magazines
6
304
¡General Works
1
1
23
28
6
84
732
110
926
Useful Arts
17
2
28
5
337
354
27
83
801
Language
7
12
77
8
338
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STATISTICAL REPORT.
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY, FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
Annual Report for Year Ending December 31, 1918.
Population served (State Census 1915) 6,277
Terms of use: Free for lending and reference.
Total number of agencies: Central library; one branch; one school deposit station; one Naval Reserve Force station.
Days open during year (Central library) 365
Hours open each week for lending
84
Hours open each week for reading.
84
Adult
Juvenile 2,407
Total 23,761
Vols. at beginning of year.
21,354
Vols. added by purchase.
754
248
1,002
Vols. added by gift.
20
20
Vols added by binding material not otherwise counted
44
4
48
Vols. lost and withdrawn.
73
115
188
Vols. at close of year ..
22,099
2,544
24,643
Pamphlets, pictures, etc., added.
No record kept
Vols. of fiction loaned.
24,638
9,669
34,307
Total volumes loaned.
.37,004 15,377
52,381
Home use from agencies
No records filed
Other circulation (pictures, clippings, etc.) .
1,179
Number of borrowers registered during year. 1,218
Total number of borrowers ..
2,142
Registration period, three years.
Titles
Copies
Number of periodicals currently received.
111
141
Financial statistics omitted.
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