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New School Laws.
The educational legislation of 1919 included several laws far reaching in effect. The establishment of the Gen- eral School Fund to equalize educational opportunities has been mentioned. Another important enactment raised the educational standard set for pupils who may leave school. Completion of the sixth grade by the child instead of the fourth is now required. Making normal progress a child finishes the eighth grade at fourteen or earlier. Those compelled to remain in school for two additional years, are with occasional exceptions, retarded pupils. Many of them will profit little by the work of the ordinary grade. A dif- ferent type of instruction is demanded. There are many other pupils who should have special attention. The re- tention of children in school to meet the legal standard necessary to be employed emphasizes the need of special classes. There is a new law requiring that these be formed when the retardation is as much as three years. It reads as follows :
"The school committee of each city and town shall, within one year after the passage of this act, and annually thereafter, ascertain, under regulations prescribed by the board of education and the director of the commission on mental diseases, the number of children three years or more retarded in mental development who are in attend- ance upon the public schools of its city or town, or who are of school age and reside therein.
"At the beginning of the school year of nineteen hun- dred and twenty, the school committee of each city and town in which there are ten or more children three years or more so retarded shall establish special classes to give such children instruction adapted to their mental attain- ments, under regulations prescribed by the board of edu- cation."
It is certain that the tests mentioned will reveal more than ten pupils in our schools to whom the law applies. Plans should be made for the organization of a special class next year.
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The aftermath of the war is here. Many great prob- lems are before America. The beginning of their solution is now. Their ultimate settlement is of the future. The result lies in the physical, mental and moral qualities of coming generations. These depend upon the efficiency of the institutions charged with the development of clear- thinking and clean living. The work of the home, the church, and the school will determine the safety and per- manence of our government. The true patriot is giving more attention and whole-hearted support to these than ever before. The theoretical importance of education in a. republic is obvious and is always recognized. Practical rec- ognition of its claims is often evaded. Theory and prac- tice should become partners.
I wish to express to the Committee my appreciation of the many kindnesses shown me and the loyal support al- ways given to every effort to advance the interests of the schools.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES F. PRIOR.
TABULATED GRADES, TEACHERS, ATTENDANCE, ETC. School Year-September, 1918, June, 1919.
SCHOOL
Grades
TEACHERS
Whole Num-
ber Enrolled
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Percent
Attendance
Total Days
Absence
Cases of
Tardiness
No. Weeks in
High
High
Albert B. Kimball
230
209.
201.2
96.3
305.
32
36
Job C. Tripp
4
Lydia Raymond
50
38.1
36.2
95.0
331.
26
36
Job C. Tripp
3
R. Alida Lalanne
47
41.7
38.5
92.3
540.5
39
Job C. Tripp
2 & 3
Marguerite B. Greene
50
40.5
37.4
92.3
519.5
36
Job C. Tripp
1
Edith I. Benson
52
41.0
36.7
89.5
834.0
46
Oxford
6
Myra D. Crowell
42
35.0
33.6
96.0
265.0
22
Oxford
5
Edith Kendrick
46
36.0
33.8
93.8
394.5
88
Doris Hardy
Oxford
4
Grace M. Toothaker
44
35.2
33.1
94.0
454.5
83
Oxford
4
Olive M. Raymond
35
28.6
27.0
94.4
225.5
56
Oxford
3
Lillian Robinson
57
48.0
45.0
93.7
467.0
21
Oxford
2
Ethelyn M. Bragdon
46
37.7
34.8
92.3
510.0
47
Oxford
1 & 2 Sub. P.
Rachel Kennedy
41
35.0
32.4
92.5
443.5
15
Oxford
Dorothy Fuller
Margaret Burding
59
48.5
42.9
88.4
930.0
54
Washington St.
4
Mary F. Follansbee
Maude Johnston
51
38.8
35.6
91.7
535.5
51
Year
26
1
Gertrude F. Hulse
Washington St: Washington St. Washington St.
3
Edna Russell
49 57
38.7 38.6
35.7 35.2
92.4 91.1
611.5 586.5
14
Sylvia A. Wilson
36
Ruth Hutchinson
Carrie L. Bowman
59
31.7
27.6
87.1
676.5
85
Washington St.
1
Mary A. S. Sale
39
26.3
22.6
85.9
604.5
25
Washington St.
1
Ethalene Barnard
36
27.0
23.9
88.5
531.5
29
Rogers
8
Ruth E. Wells
27
23.9
22.2
92.8
289.5
11
Rogers
8
Bessie C. Verder
Grace I. Woodbury
17
39.4·
37.7
95.6
295.5
17
Rogers
7
Mary A. Newburg
52
44.2
41.6
94.1
442.0
58
Rogers
7
Doris C. Rankin
53
42.7
40.5
94.8
361.0
34
Rogers
6
Naomi L. Babson
45
35.6
33 2
93.2
406.0
17
Rogers
6
Annie S. Melrose
48
37.6
36.8
97.8
543.0
18
Rogers
5
Mattie L. Norris
42
37.0
35.0
94.5
384.0
23
5
Sarah M. Curtis
Helen O. Huntress
49
39.0
36.0
92.3
215.0
10
Totals, 1919
1453
1174.8
1086.2
92.5
12702.0
993
36
Totals, 1918,
1407
1220.5
1148.2
93.3
12411.0
895
Totals, 1917
1360
1160.8
1089.2
93.8
14054.5
877
Totals, 1916
1282
1084.4
1028 8
94.9
10436.0
820
Totals, 1915
1167
1014.2
963.4
95.
8040.0
658
27
Rogers
2
1 & 2
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PRESENT CORPS OF TEACHERS. High School Teachers, 1919-1920.
George C. Dickey
Ruby R. Dodge
Eunice E. Strong
Susan P. Gifford
New Bedford Normal
University of Grenoble
Alliance Francaise, Paris
Braun & Sharpe Mfg. Co. Rhode Island School of Design
Teachers' College
Tufts A. B.
Normal School-Castine
Chandler School for Women
B. U. College of Business Administration Wellesley, B. A. Harvard Summer School
State Normal School (Framingham)
New Bedford Vocational School
Boston Sloyd Normal Training School
Wentworth Institute
Extension Course, State
Swain Free School Springfield Training School
Boston University, A. B.
Simmons College
Sargent Normal School
School for Social Workers
Boston University
Harvard Summer School
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Summer Session, Columbia University
Rogers School.
Farmington, Maine State Normal Middlebury College, B. S.
Brown University, M. A. Oxford University, England Tufts College Fitchburg, Mass. Normal School Columbia University
Doris C. Rankin Ruth J. Cole Edith L. Mylott
Edith B. Swedberg Alice E. Baker
Mattie L. Norris
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Harvard
Smith College
Oread Institute
Teachers' College, Columbia University
Alvin J. Long
Charles H. Woodbury
Emma A. Coombs
Gladys S. Jennison
Ethel M. Perry
Anna E. Corey James Parkinson
D. Sanford Parker Helen E. Wight Grace M. Clogston Ruth M. Cady
Mary U. Yaffee
Bessie C. Verder
Grace I. Woodbury Mary A. Newburg
Bridgewater State Normal School Jackson College, A. B.
Bridgewater State Normal
Framingham State Normal South Lancaster Academy Farmington, Maine State Normal Fairhaven, Mass., High School Johnson School, Boston (Sewing)
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Oxford School.
Myra D. Crowell
Susan G. B. Bowles
Edith C. Kendrick
Alice A. Macomber
Clara C. Hoopes
Ella P. McNear
Framingham Normal
Salem Normal
Newburyport Training
Bridgewater Normal Bridgewater Normal
Washington Street School.
Mildred Goss Mary A. S. Sale Carrie L. Bowman Sylvia A. Wilson
Edna K. Russell Annie E. Densơn
Fitchburg Normal School Framingham Normal Hyannis Normal Aroostook Maine Normal
Hyannis Normal (Summer sessions)
Keene Normal School Bridgewater Normal School
Job C. Tripp School.
Almira E. Fuller
Edith I. Benson Maude Johnston Marguerite B. Greene
Wheelock Kindergarten Training School Harvard University Summer School Wheelock Kindergarten Training School Farmington, Maine Normal School Keene Normal, Keene, N. H.
Supervisors.
Anna B. Trowbridge Mary U. Yaffee D. Sanford Parker
Silver Burdett School Mass. Normal Art School Summer Session, Columbia University Springfield Training School
Moses Brown School, Providence, R. I.
Maryland State Normal
Alice G. Manley
Elsie W. Prime Dorothy Fuller
Margaret M. Burding
Bridgewater Normal
Bridgewater Normal Framingham Normal School
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HONOR ROLL OF F. H. S. SERVICE MEN.
1 Adshead, Harold F., '17
2
Alden, Harold C., '16
3 Allard, Edwin B., '20
4 Allard, Stephen W., '12
5 Ashley, Clifford H., '09
6 Babbitt, Frank N., '14
7 Baker, Foster, '13
8 Ball, Stephen E., '20
9 Beardsley, Ralph, '17
10 Blackwell, Malcolm G., '18
11 Bowen, Evan A., '16
12 Bradley, Everett M., '15
13 Bradley, Theodore R., '16
14 Brown, Frank Eben, '08
15 Brownell, Edwin P., '15
16 Campbell, Donald R., '17 Church, Charles, '08
17
18 Church, Leonard, '14
19 Clark, William H., '17
20 Cook, Edward E., '16
21 Corson, Everett H., '11
22 Crandon, Albert, '10
23 Cummings, Malcolm, '17
24 Dean, Sheldon, '11
25 De Costa, Antone, '12
26 Delano, Wm. Blumers, '15
27 Denham, Nathan B., Jr., '13
28 Dennie, Richard A., '16
29 Dexter, Harold S., '11
30 Ede, Raymond W., '16
31 Ellis, Charles W., '11 Ellis, Edward P., '10
32 33 Emberson, Thos. C., '12
34 Fish, Raymond D., '16
35 Foster, Albert E., '15
36 Fuller, John A., '21
*Ganter, Adrian, '13
37 38 Gillingham, Dana, '08
39 Gillingham, James, '11
40 Gilmore, Benj., '12
41 Goddard, Arthur, '09
42 Goddard, Myron C., '15 43 Grant, William J., '15
44 Gurney, Edward H., '07
45 Hammond, Allen.D., '15
46 Hammond, Elton F., '14
47 Haney, Carleton E., '15
48 Hartley, Greenwood, '18 49 Hawes, William L., '18
51 52
Hoerstedt, Lester, '18 Hulse, Herbert J., '11
53 Jackson, Howard O., '19
54 Jackson, Leo. T., '17
55 Jones, Melvin, '16
56 Knipe, Paul L., '09
57 Leonard, Everett G., '14
58 Lilley, Frank, '11
59 Lincoln, Harold C., '14
60 Lincoln, Percy G., '11
61 Martin, James E., '15
62 McAuliffe, John, '19
63 McNeal, Lynton, '20
64 Monk, Audell, '13
65 Morse, Harold, '11
66 Morton, Byron, '13
67 Murray, Herman A., '17
68 Nye, Alfred, '09
69 Parkin, Henry E., '19
70 Perkins, Edwin La F., '15
71 Perry, Charles F., Jr., '14
72 Rebello, Manuel H., '17
73 Saunders, Herbert H., '17
74 Sheehan, Paul S., '11
75 Sherman, Edward P. F., '15
76 Slocum, Walter P., '15
77 Spooner, Harold, '13
78 Stillman, Harold, '13
79 Sullivan, Mark, '19
80 Swift, Charles Forrest, '11
81 Tallman, William, '10
82 Terry, Clarence, '12
83 Thompson, Chauncey A., '16
84 Tinkham, Earl, '10
85 Tinkham, Louis H., '13
86 Tripp, Curtis C., '14
87 Tripp, John H., '14
88 Tripp, Stanley R., '16
89 Tuthill, Samuel, '13
90 Vaughan, Eliot S., '17
91 Veiga, Edwin J., '17
92 White, Bradford C., '17
93 Westgate, Edward C., '16
94 Whiting, Earl S., '17
95 Wilde, Webster, '15
96 Winsor, Allen P., '08
97 Young, William L., '19
50 Haydon, Richard H. D. *Gave his life.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXPENDITURES.
(Itemized)
Superintendent.
Charles F. Prior,
$1,213.84
Oliver H. Toothaker,
444.44
$1,658.28
Clerk.
Madge K. Westgate,
$346.70
Truant Officers.
Joseph Silva,
$10.00
Charles H. Lawton,
57.50
$67.50
School Census.
Oliver H. Toothaker,
$75.00
Office Expenses.
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.,
$26.67
Oliver H. Toothaker,
21.69
The Fairhaven Star,
88.35
W. M. Allen, Postmaster,
36.00
R. Alida Lalanne,
12.00
Charles F. Prior,
73.28
Wright & Potter,
1.02
Library Bureau,
24.16
Alton B. Paull,
4.30
Sylvia Almy,
3.00
Margaret Porter,
4.00
F. S. Brightman,
3.00
Manifold Supplies Co.,
$6.50
$303.97
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Text Books.
Benj. H. Sanborn,
$56.07
American Book Co.,
101.44
Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
48.90
D. C. Heath & Co.,
44.88
The Macmillan Co.,
33.05
Edward E. Babb Co.,
344.43
Charles E. Merrill Co.,
14.28
E. A. Merriam,
2.50
John C. Winston Co.,
47.62
Ginn & Co.,
169.09
Little, Brown Co.,
7.98
B. W. Huebsch,
2.08
Beckley-Cardy Co.,
1.00
The Century Co.,
19.58
School Arts Magazine,
10.00
Milton Bradley Co.,
12.50
A. S. Barnes Co.,
6.80
Sybil K. Leonard,
26.95
Lyons & Carnahan,
56.39
Rand, McNally Co.,
2.44
A. W. Shaw Co.,
1.80
The Palmer Co.,
6.93
F. A. Owen Publishing Co.,
7.50
Massachusetts Child Labor Committee,
16.00
$1,040.21
Supplies.
A. E. Coffin Press,
$1.35
Atkinson-Mentzer & Co.,
2.53
F. S. Brightman Co.,
4.45
Edward E. Babb Co.,
583.94
S. A. Courtes,
2.00
The Novelty Press,
.75
The School Specialty Co.,
4.00
J. L. Hammett Co.,
266.66
D. J. Sullivan,
2.00
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The Fairhaven Star,
186.85*
American Book Co.,
16.00
C. C. Birchard Co.,
8.00
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.,
9.35
The Prang Co.,
53.86
Boston Paper Board Co.,
90.00
Oliver Ditson Co.,
10.17
Milton Bradley Co.,
16.54
Rand, McNally Co.,
24.00
H. I. Dallman,
1
12.97
C. E. Doner,
15.09
Scott, Foresman Co.,
1.30
Russell Sage Foundation,
1.00
Charles F. Wing Co.,
.30
The Browne Pharmacy,
5.00
$1,318.11.
Teachers.
Bessie C. Verder,
$1,295.00'
Mary A. Newberg,
825.00
Grace I. Woodbury,
828.50
Ruth E. Wells,
450.00
Doris C. Rankin,
722.25
Mattie L. Norris,
967.00
Annie S. Melrose,
450.00
Naomi L. Babson,
444.13
Mrs. Percy I. Fletcher,
309.13 .
Helen O. Huntress,
342.00
Carrie L. Bowman,
801.30
Maude Johnston,
746.25
Myra D. Crowell,
1,165.75
Edith C. Kendrick,
805.00
Grace I. Toothaker,
450.00
Lillian Robinson,
450.00
Olive Raymond,
372.00
Gertrude F. Hulse,
683.75
R. Alida Lalanne,
528.00
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Lydia Raymond,
420.00
Marguerite B. Greene,
665.00
Edith I. Benson,
526.00
Ethalene M. Barnard,
588.00
Mary A. S. Sale,
808.50
Edna K. Russell,
820.00
Sylvia A. Wilson,
799.38
Ruth Hutchinson,
37.50
Rachael Kennedy,
446.25
Dorothy Fuller,
662.00
Bessie P. Willcott,
185.25
Eunice A. Randall,
384.00
Anna B. Trowbridge,
535.00
Margaret Burding,
618.50
Clara K. Bowers,
3.50
Elizabeth Weeks,
2.50
Mrs. George B. Luther,
9.38
Mildred Brink,
11.65
D. Sanford Parker,
360.00
Mary U. Yaffee,
280.00
Mrs. H. T. Brown,
8.00
Alice Manley,
112.50
Mrs. Chester Kendrick,
8.00
Mrs. Richardson,
4.00
Alice Macomber,
67.50
Mrs. Ralph Baker,
3.50
Caroline J. Starr,
11.25
· Edward J. Hines,
326.25
Mrs. H. T. Gidley,
85.00
Mrs. Ralph Lumbard,
11.25
Mrs. Sybil Leonard,
18.75
James Parkinson,
296.50
Alice E. Baker,
335.00
Susan Bowles,
335.00
Gladys Buttrick,
140.00
Ruth J. Cole,
367.50
Annie E. Denson,
335.00
Almira Fuller,
375.00
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Mildred Goss,
415.00
Clara Hoopes,
335.00
Ella P. MacNear,
326.00
Edith Mylott,
347.50
Elsie Prime,
335.00
Edith B. Swedberg,
335.00
$25,820.97
Transportation.
Union Street Railway Co.,
$1,095.00
John Eldredge,
410.00
Mrs. John Eldredge,
200.00
Poor Department,
400.00
$2,105.00
Janitors.
Charles H. Lawton,
$775.00
A. H. Austin,
0
180.00
Thomas Barnes,
681.24
Williard L. Hoxie,
545.00
William B. Weeks,
66.00
William H. Delano,
527.94
$2,775.18
Fuel.
Hope E. Lincoln, agent,
$2,319.42
E. S. Whiting, Jr., agent,
560.04
Frank Andrews,
16.00
George Randall,
30.86
Ben Alberts,
4.25
Charles H. Lawton,
3.50
$2,934.07
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Light, Water, Janitors' Supplies, Etc.
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.,
$221.30
William F. Church,
18.22
Horace K. Nye,
11.14
Masury-Young Co.,
48.85
High School lunch department,
1.50
Joseph Damas,
1.50
West Disinfecting Co.,
72.00
Frank J. Jameson,
1.31
Herbert W. Bliss,
2.40
Massachusetts State Prison,
11.50
Fairhaven Water Co.,
334.47
Henry C. Doughty
69.00
George T. Johnson Co.,
11.50
William H. Delano,
4.77
William Livesley,
15.41
John T. Sutcliff,
5.10
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Repairs.
F. W. Fraits,
$25.05
M. P. Whitfield,
155.53
L. W. Morton,
74.04
N. P. Hayes,
23.23
James Goggin,
15.00
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.,
180.00
Earnest Harworth Co.,
27.60
Arthur C. Smith,
9.88
Alvin Topham,
93.33
E. P. Hirst Co.,
1,540.65
C. F. Delano,
240.37
William Livesey,
44.00
William Livesay,
44.00
B. F. Cottelle,
3.50
George Pierce,
3.20
Valentine's Machine Shop,
2.60
Herman H. Hathaway,
18.59
.
$829.97
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: A. P. Foster,
3.12
A. W. Perkins & Co.,
69.92
Benjamin Bates,
14.40
William H. Delano,
3.31
Wood-Brightman Co.,
50.88
E. L. Bryant,
396.00
Charles Lumbard,
97.75
Briggs & Beckman,
2.30
A. Leonard Bliss,
305.32
F. E. Earle Co.,
· 853.00
Clifton A. Hacker,
2.00
E. V. Hazzard,
190.36
Byron M. Pardee,
60.60
Charles F. Wing & Co.,
1.05
M. L. Bisbee,
1.50
New Bedford Boiler & Machine Co.,
2.81
$4,510.89
New Equipment.
Singer Sewing Machine Co.,
$24.00
Edward E. Babb Co.,
20.63
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins,
231.10
$275.73
Health.
Charles E. P. Thompson, M. D.,
$75.00
Miscellaneous.
$56.89
Adams Express Co.,
25.40
The Charles F. Wing Co.,
2.55
Mrs. Charles F. Prior,
133.32
D. N. Kelley,
.70
William F. Nye,
.70
Myra D. Crowell,
18.38
F. S. Brightman,
1.38
High School lunch department,
9.20
M. Amarel,
38
Joseph Damas,
5.30
Sullivan & Crocker,
24.65
Mercury Publishing Co.,
27.41
Massachusetts State Prison,
4.07
The Fairhaven Star,
9.25
B. F. Nickerson,
.75
A. E. Wordell,
6.50
Milton Bradley Co.,
.32
F. W. Fraits,
5.75
Calvin Delano,
66.00
G. H. Carpenter,
4.70
Frank Costa,
7.50
John H. Plunkett,
6.00
C. R. Whitcher,
75.00
Almira Fuller,
16.00
Sylvia A. Wilson,
8.00
Edna K. Russell,
13.00
C. F. Cushing,
48.60
Browne Pharmacy,
2.10
Blair Sign Co.,
7.00
Fairhaven Light Diffusing Co.,
1.05
$587.47
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HIGH SCHOOL EXPENDITURES. (Itemized)) Office Expenses.
Oliver H. Toothaker,
$35.21
Teachers.
Albert B. Kimball,
$1,440.00
George C. Dickey,
935.00
Ralph H. Tukey,
1,035.00
Charles H. Woodbury,
735.00
Alvin J. Long,
1,580.00
Gladys S. Jennison,
1,250.00
Eunice E. Strong
1,040.00
Josephine L. Crowell,
275.00
Mable Potter,
394.50
Ethel M. Perry,
500.00
Winifred C. Baker,
60.00
Miriam D. Thomas,
490.00
Helen E. Wight,
440.00
Susan P. Gifford,
820.00
Ruby R. Dodge,
840.00
Emma A. Coombs,
920.00
Jennie L. Winslow,
600.00
Ruth Cady,
400.00
Bertha S. Harris,
540.00
Grace M. Clogston,
360.00
E. Lucile Pierce,
297.50
Grace Risser,
157.50
Anna Corey,
340.00
Anna B. Trowbridge,
100.00
Eunice A. Randall,
201.00
Mary U. Yaffee,
160.00
Edward J. Hines,
326.25
David S. Parker,
360.00
James Parkinson,
297.50
Hazel C. Carter,
531.25
Total,
$17,425.50=
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Text Books.
Gregg Publishing Co.,
$24.43
D. C. Heath & Co.,
23.46
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
89.89
Ginn & Co.,
15.73
The Macmillan Co.,
12.64
.H. S. Hutchinson Co.,
1.48
C. W. Thompson & Co.,
9.19
The Independent,
4.00
.Benj. H. Sanborn Co.,
12.18
Allyn & Bacon,
10.00
The Chemical Rubber Co.,
1.75
American Book Co.,
46.44
Lloyd Adams Noble,
3.30
Total,
$254.49
Supplies.
Remington Typewriter Co.,
$29.58
A. E. Coffin Press,
96.65
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
91.44
Singer Sewing Machine Co.,
1.44
Charles S. Bush Co.,
3.65
F. S. Brightman,
7.95
Allen Co.,
17.02
George H. Morrill Co.,
4.53
Thorp & Martin,
1.85
The Fairhaven Star,
77.12
J. L. Hammett Co.,
1,298.64
Golding Mfg. Co.,
5.06
Sullivan & Crocker,
3.25
H. M. Sanders Co.,
2.56
The Browne Pharmacy,
1.55
H. O. Rugg,
4.08
University of Chicago Book Store,
1.24
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.,
17.34
E. C. Stetson,
19.98
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Greene & Wood,
29.03
E. Anthony & Sons,
12.75
H. S. Hutchinson,
16.90
Belcher & Loomis Hardware Co.,
2.30
American Type Founders,
3.40
Rand, McNally & Co.,
12.55
Steiger-Dudgeon Co.,
1.05
Office Appliance Co.,
7.85
Ginn & Co.,
132.40
Library Bureau,
53.86
DeWolf & Vincent,
15.85
Milton Bradley Co.,
4.61
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.,
.42
Chandler & Barber,
5.51
Palmer & Parker,
22.66
The Prang Co.,
33.72
William B. Weeks,
12.54
Frost & Adams,
50.01
A. Leonard Bliss,
3.00
N. P. Hayes Co.,
8.40
McIntosh Publishing Co.,
5.89
Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
21.44
A. B. Dick Co.,
1
59.70
Briggs & Beckman,
.87
A. N. Palmer Co.,
2.04
Benj. H. Sanborn,
1.10
Total,
$2,204.78
Fuel.
City Coal Co.,
$640.06
Janitors' Salaries.
William B. Weeks,
$1,659.96
Pardon A. Howland,
910.00
David K. Snow,
910.00
George F. Tripp,
560.00
Arthur Dean,
280.00
Total,
$4,319.96
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Light, Water, Janitors' Supplies, Etc.
Percy L. Bragdon,
$5.00
Parson Steam Laundry,
4.43
Emma Eldred,
300.00
Alice Scott,
300.00
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.,
331.76
Frank J. Jameson,
9.25
Akin-Denison Co.,
8.90
A. W. Harris Oil Co.,
41.28
A. Leonard Bliss,
5.95
Elmer Stevens,
27.53
William F. Nye,
6.60
H. I. Dallman Co.,
21.56
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.,
50.11
C. J. Becker,
16.10
N. P. Hayes,
10.27
Fairhaven Water Co.,
185.20
Henry C. Doughty,
10.50
Orient Spray Co.,
21.00
Total,
$1,355.44
Repairs.
A. Leonard Bliss,
$21.52
Wood-Brightman Co.,
12.25
Babbitt Steam Specialty,
82.63
E. P. Hirst,
15.96
F. E. Earle Co.,
74.21
C. F. Delano,
18.51
N. P. Hayes,
6.50
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.,
12.66
Narragansett Machine Co.,
6.46
Office Appliance Co.,
7.54
C. F. Cushing,
1.00
Murray, Florist,
104.00
Greene & Wood,
70.68
H. M. C. Cutlery Co.,
27.00
Valentine's Machine Shop,
1.25
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Remington Typewriter Co.,
4.05
Herman H. Hathaway,
17.83
James Parkinson,
60.40
Albert B. Cook,
121.98
Ward-Leonard Electric Co.,
17.25
F. W. Fraits,
1.20
Ledder & Probst, Inc.,
9.55
Total,
$1,034.45
Health.
C. E. P. Thompson, M. D.,
$120.00
Sundries.
A. B. Kimball,
$78.27
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.,
98.14
C. F. Delano,
1.85
M. Amarel,
12.27
Adams Express Co.,
5.87
Parsons Steam Laundry,
35.36
Elmer Stevens,
54.18
C. L. Bennett,
8.16
The Maybeth Shop,
21.35
New Bedford Rubber Co.,
1.45
The Fairhaven Star,
5.30
Novelty Press,
1.75
Wright & Ditson,
11.00
Thos. Hersom & Co.,
37.50
High School lunch department,
11.00
Calvin Delano,
187.10
William B. Weeks,
8.36
Hilda Keavney,
2.10
Emma A. Coombs,
2.00
Frank M. Metcalf,
3.25
William B. West,
10.00
Myrtle Nye,
2.25
Murray, Florist,
10.00
Patrick Sullivan,
1
3.50
Total,
$612.01
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1919
PEASE FUND.
Receipts : Balance from 1918 Dividends to Dec. 31, 1919
$343 92
Expenditures : Transferred, miscellan- eous
$343|92
$343|92|
$343|92
EDMUND E. ANTHONY, JR., SCHOOL FUND.
Receipts : Balance from 1918
Dividends to Dec. 31, 1919
$455|06
Expenditures : Transferred, miscellan- eous
$455|06
$455|06
$455|06
H. H. ROGERS TRUST FUND
Receipts : Balance from 1918
Dividends to Dec. 31, 1919
$4,624 12
Expenditures : Transferred, Teachers' Salaries
$4,624|12
$4,624 12
$4,624|12
PUBLIC FUNDS
Receipts :
Balance from 1918
$1,210|90
Expenditures : General Control Instruction Operation of School Plant Repairs and Equipment Auxiliary Miscellaneous
$2,451|45 28,179|29
Appropriation, 1919
37,000 00
4,624 12
Rogers Fund, 1919 Edmund E. Anthony Fund Pease Fund, 1919 County: Dog Fund, 1919 General School Fund, 1919 Miscellaneous receipts, 1919 :
455|06
6,539|22
343 92
4,786 62
751|96
2,180 00
2,400 00
587|47
38 56
$44,724 05
Balance on hand
2,100 47
$46,824|52|
$46,824 52
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THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1919
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TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY.
Lyman C. Bauldry
William E. Benjamin
Edward L. Besse
Mrs. Cara R. Broughton
Morris R. Brownell
Miss Sara B. Clarke
William B. Gardner
George H. Tripp Thomas A. Tripp Mrs. Eliza C. White
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, Mrs. Broughton, Mrs. White.
House Committee-
Mr. T. A. Tripp, Mr. Bauldry, Mr. Brownell, Mr. Pope, Mrs. Stillman.
FORMER TRUSTEES.
Miss Ellen H. Akin, 1893-1919
Don C. Stevens, 1893-1901
Edmund Anthony, Jr. 1902
George W. Stevens, 1893-1908
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony, 1893-1912
George H. Taber, 1893-1901
James L. Gillingham, 1893-1912
Job C. Tripp, 1902-1917
Frederick B. Lyman,
1904-1909
Charles W. White, Jr. 1902-1904
Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye,
1893-1919
Walter P. Winsor, 1893-1911
Henry H. Rogers,
1893-1909
George B. Luther Harry L. Pope
Henry H. Rogers Mrs. Genevieve P. Stillman
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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
FRED PFLUG.
Page
STANLEY STROM Page
*WILLIAM O. SAWYER Janitor
GEORGE TABER Janitor
OXFORD BRANCH.
ALBIN SILVA In charge FRED PFLUG. Assistant
*Resigned June, 1919.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR 1919.
To the Trustees of The Millicent Library :
Under ordinary circumstances a business house or manufacturing concern will usually take the period of its greatest prosperity as the time to develop its plant and to increase the scope of its business. It is not ordinarily a time for curtailment or decreased production.
The Millicent Library finds itself at the close of the year 1919 enjoying the largest circulation of books in its history, with more people using the library for reference purposes than ever before, yet not only unable to develop its possibilities to their fullest extent, but even obliged to curtail on book purchases, magazine subscriptions and building repairs in order to keep within its income. This condition is the only drawback to the satisfaction felt in the year's report of work.
The past year has seen the conclusion of most of the special activities which occupied the attention of libraries during the war. Though we sent about 300 books overseas in the spring and 500 magazines to one base hospital, our active war service ceased with the closing of the Fairhaven Naval Reserve Station in April, and the subsequent return of the books loaned the sailors for their barracks library.
Registration.
Nine hundred twenty-nine persons have taken out borrowers' cards during the year, bringing the total regis- tration to 2,147. Of this total probably at least 1,600 are active or occasional users of the library.
Circulation of Books.
The home use of books from the main library during the year was 55,756. This number exceeds by nearly 4,000 books the circulation in the year 1894, the first after the
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library was opened and heretofore the record year. Add- ing the circulation from the Oxford Branch, the total fig- ures are 63,713, which is over 9,000 ahead of the record of any former year. The gain runs proportionately through all classes of reading and furnishes evidence of the popu- larity of the library and its usefulness to the community at large. The effect of this increase is very noticeable at the charging desk. The work is more continuous and practi- cally no opportunity is given the attendant at the desk to engage in other work. This is especially the case in the afternoon and early evening.
We are also outgrowing our charging desk equipment. A larger and more modern desk is badly needed. It should have the file of cards for books out in a sunken tray in front to prevent the constant turning to discharge books and shelves inside for undischarged books, largely elimi- nating the possibility of books getting to the shelves not discharged and more room for the necessary desk sup- plies.
Accessions.
We have added to the library 1240 volumes and with- drawn 224, making a net gain of 1016. The total number of books in the library is 25,659.
About 40 per cent. of the accessions were children's books purchased partly as replacements in the children's room and partly to supply the material for classroom li- braries in the schools. We were fortunate in buying these books at good discounts and before a very general increase in prices. The number of new titles purchased for the adult collection was much smaller than usual. Our book appropriation is hardly adequate to the increased demand for books but is about the only item in the budget where curtailment is possible.
By way of economy we have discontinued twelve magazines formerly subscribed for and reduced the num- ber of magazines usually bound.
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Children's Room and Work with Schools.
The work in the children's room has been unusually heavy this year, the circulation amounting to 17,505, a figure 340 in excess of any previous year's circulation. The juvenile circulation at the Oxford Branch was 3306, making a total of over 20,000 books used by the children of Fairhaven the past year. According to the school census compiled during the summer there were 1593 chil- dren of school age in the town in 1919. Taking this figure, though it doubtless included many over the age of those who are accustomed to use the children's room, our cir- culation "per child" is 13, an exceptional percentage in any library.
The juvenile collection was increased by 606 books, making the total number of books in this department 3099. As mentioned under the head of Accessions, a large proportion of the new books were for the school room li- braries which were furnished to fifteen teachers last win- ter. The books for these collections were selected from the graded lists of reading prepared by the library.
Miss Perry has continued her work in library instruc- tion to the seventh and eighth grades. The results of this work have been highly commended by superintendent, principal and the teachers. We have also loaned to teach- ers in Fairhaven schools 1193 books for reference use in addition to the classroom libraries referred to and also 1078 mounted pictures and clippings. Many teachers have kept on special shelves at the library books for outside or supplementary reading in connection with school work.
Oxford Branch.
Mr. Silva reports a total circulation of 7957 books which is a gain of nearly 1100 over any previous year and which is over ten per cent. of the total circulation of the library. The average circulation per evening is 52. Books have been changed once during the year and a new ar- rangement of the shelves was effected during the summer.
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The steady increase in use continues to justify the establishment of the branch and goes to prove that it has been welcomed by many people in the north section of the town.
Building and Grounds.
There have been very few repairs on the building this year, due rather to the necessity of living within our in- come than because there has been no need. The floors, particularly in the children's room, the stack and about the loan desk are in bad condition. The only adequate treatment is deep scraping and refinishing at heavy ex- pense or some sort of floor covering such as cork carpet where it could be used.
The need of a new charging desk has already been re- ferred too and it will not be long before a new set of chairs will be needed for the reading and children's rooms.
The lawn on the east side of the building was turned over this fall preparatory to seeding it down anew in the spring. It has been in bad condition for several years due to winterkilling and the ravages of worms.
During the fall the library offered as a loan to the Fairhaven Colonial Club one of the pieces of statuary given to the library by Mrs. Franklin Delano. The loan was accepted and this fine piece of sculpture in marble is now suitably located for exhibition in the parlor of the Coggeshall Memorial.
Personal.
During the year, the Board of Trustees lost by death two of its members, Miss Ellen H. Akin and Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye. Both had been members of the board since the founding of the library, always active and devoted to its welfare. The vacanies were filled by the election to the Board of Mrs. Eliza C. White in September and Mrs. Genevieve P. Stillman in December.
In June, Mr. W. O. Sawyer who had given good serv-
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ice as janitor for thirteen years, resigned to take another position and Mr. George Taber was appointed in his place.
Meetings of the American Library Association, the Massachusetts Library Club and the Cape Cod Library Club have been attended by the librarian or members of the staff during the year.
In conclusion all the members of the staff express to the Board of Trustees their sincere appreciation of the encouragement given their work.
Respectfully submitted,
GALEN W. HILL, Librarian.
January 13, 1920.
CLASSIFIED Accessions, Withdrawals and Circulation
ACCESSIONS
With- drawals
CIRCULATION
Adults
Juvenile
Total
Main Library
Oxford Branch|
Total
New titles
Added copies
and volumes
New titles
Added copies
and volumes
Adults
Juvenile
Adults
Juvenile
Adults
Juvenile
194
78
41
246
559
63
27
27973
11293
1849
43740
*Periodicals (unbound)
3
6
1
1
14
163
33
1
1
198
Philosophy
7
1
9
64
3
6
588
947
14
194
1743
Sociology
3
8
4
33
48
7
100
928
2
111
1141
Science
4
2
4
13
23
1
1
236
325
17
90
668
Useful Arts
74
8
7
9
98
2
929
330
54
122
1435
Fine Arts
24
16
1
4
45
1
553
427
30
97
1107
Music
1
2
1
11
15
351
130
3
4
488
Literature
29
22
8
54
113
4
5
1029
1227
24
259
2539
' Travel
15
3
13
33
64
5
1
709
621
43
266
1639
History
38
12
8
25
83
93
1
1188
449
99
189
1925
Biography
19
1
4
2
26
2
2
513
171
10
101
795
Total
468
166
101
505
1240
173
51
38251
17505
4651
3306
63713
224
55756
7957
*Not accessioned
¿Includes unbound magazines
·Circulation per capita (Pop. Est. 7,000) 9
6
9
100
242
342
General Works
11
1
10
18
101
115
2
23
241
Religion
46
6
125
Language
3718
267
5712
Fiction
2625 1727
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STATISTICAL REPORT. THE MILLICENT LIBRARY, FAIRHAVEN, MASS. Annual Report for Year Ending December 31, 1919.
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 Re- serve 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
Total
Vols. at beginning of year
22,099
2,544
24,643
Vols. added by purchase.
601
606
1,207
Vols. added by gift
30
30
Vols. added by binding material not other- wise counted. 3
3
Vols. lost and withdrawn
173
51
224
Vols. at close of year.
22,560
3,099
25,659
Pamphlets, pictures, etc., added.
No record kept
Vols. of fiction loaned.
30,598
13,142
43,740
Total valumes loaned.
42,902
20,811
63,713
Home use from agencies
No records filed
Other circulation (pictures, clippings, etc.)
1,625
Number of borrowers registered during year
929
Total number of borrowers.
2,147
Registration period, three years.
Titles
Copies
Number of periodicals currently received.
96
108
Financial statistics omitted.
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