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4
3
Blithewood,
Eudora E. Hay,
8
1
5
2
Bloomingdale,
Lizzie M. Urban,
33
7
16
3
Adams Square,
Jeannie E. Sanderson,
33
3
1
3
North Pond,
Etta M. Thayer,
33
2
Chamberlain,
Fanny R. Spurr.
12
Lake View,
Minnie A. B. Chase,
27
1
1
1
2
Lake View,
Nellie F. Saunders,
23
1
1
2
1
Valley Falls,
Ann Foskett,
13
12
3
2
Valley Falls,
Georgianna M. Newton,
8
9
3
2
274
50
27
25
2
8 1 8
AGGREGATE.
High School .
Grammar, Grade IX.
66
66
VIII.
VII. .
VI.
437
455
55
44
22
9
31
14
Secondary,
V.
516
532
90
59
34
11
43
16
66
66 IV.
525
443
73
60
27
10
50
35
Primary,
66
III. .
506
517
120
56
23
9
65
40
II.
576
501
118
70
30
20
62
35
I. .
550
552
198
79
32
12
89
41
Suburban
274
50
27
25
2
8
8
4815 3747
745
483
200
96 364 218
·
248
129
10
18
4
4
1
9
346
213
19
20
10
6
9
6
384
237
29
31
9
6
6
11
453
118
6
21
7
9
3
14
27
2
2
Grafton
Anna T. Kelley, Marina H. Tucker,
37
1
1
East Worcester.
.
28
13
Burncoat Plain,
Hattie L. White,
Of those born in other countries there were born in Norway 37, France 17, Austria 7, Denmark 8, Italy 36, Russia 15, Switzerland 5, Belgium 2, Armenia 1, Wales 3, Azores 1, Poland 20, West Indies 7, Newfoundland 1, Nova Scotia 35, New Brunswick 14, Prince Edward Isle 5, Isle of Man 1, Turkey 1, Finland 1, Mexico 1.
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 39.
The birthplaces of the children in the Public Schools, December 1st, are as follows :
United States 9,767, Ireland 172, Canada 155, England 146, Germany 30, Scotland 30, Sweden 284, Norway 19, Azores 1, West Indies 7, Ceylon 2, Denmark 4, Belgium 1, France 2, Russia 7, Armenia 1, Italy 8, Prince Edward Isle 2, Nova Scotia 12, New Brunswick 3, Poland 8, Austria 1, Turkey 5, New Zealand 1.
The parentage of the children in the Public Schools, December 1st, for the last eighteen years is as follows :
1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882
1883
1884
United States.
2448 2617 2742 2704 2862 3028 3017 3075 3232 3241 3340 3582
3749 3974
4163 4384
4664
4815
Canada.
224
288
277
387
425
423
431
420
412
415
468
539
608
830
532
717
590
745
Ireland
2509
2547
2800 2888 2763
2920 2702 2744 2802 2858 2880 3055 3099 3293 3385 3396
3501
3747
England.
174
209
205
257
250
290
252
259
296
287
312
316
$24
354
388
443
449
483
Germany
83
86
97
123
125
140
138
115
138
155
146
160
134
153
166
178
195
200
Scotland.
40
46
45
56
68
70
60
62
68
67
72
59
73
77
69
94
96
Sweden
10
10
20
36
37
49
75
126
184
289
332
364
Other Countries.
16
29
34
39
43
80
66
70
91
83
98
100
111
138
161
145
189
218
Total.
5494 5822 6200 6454 6536 6951 6688 6753 7053 7015 7349 7873 8159 8941 9056 9622 10014 10668
United States.
..
For'n Countries .. 3046 3205 3458 3750 3674 3923 3671 3678 3821 3774 4007 4291 4410 4967 4893 5238
ABSENCE AND TARDINESS.
YEARS.
Average number be- longing.
Number of half days' absence.
Average to each scholar.
Number of cases of tardiness.
Average to each scholar.
1867
5343
189,225
35.6
30,727
6.4
1868
5874
225,284
38.5
29,457
5.6
1869
6097
196,159
32
27,422
5
1870
6385
216,096
33.7
25,710
4.6
1871
6588
233,852
34.6
23,707
4
1872
6238
243,575
39
21,608
3.9
1873
6180
184,148
29.8
11,132
2
1874
6521
166,591
24.2
15,656
2.6
1875
6705
188,438
27.1
15,648
2.3
1876
7042
192,079
29.3
15,871
2.4
1877
7003
176,635
25.2
15,256
2.3
1878
7686
188,284
24.5
16,449
2.1
1879
7745
205,681
26.5
16,956
2.2
1880
8419
258,314
30.7
19,547
2.3
1881
8860
276,570
31.2
18,702
2.1
1882
9008
290,475
32.2
22,512
2.5
1883
10098
361,997
35.8
24,258
2.4
1884
10143
385,238
37.9
26,333
2.5
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.
4384
4664
4815
2448 2617 2742 2704 2862 3028 3017 3075 3232 3241 3341 3582 3749 3974 4163
5350
5853
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ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
-OF THE-
CITY OF WORCESTER,
JANUARY, 1885.
CHARLES G. REED, President.
ALBERT P. MARBLE, Sup't and Sec'y. 492 MAIN STREET.
Members whose term expires January, 1888. January, 1887. January, 1886.
Members whose term expires
Members whose term expires
REBECCA BARNARD, WM. T. SOUTHER,
GEORGE F. THOMPSON,
HELEN B. MERRIMAN, FORREST E. BARKER, EDWARD F. TOLMAN, EUGENE M. MORIARTY, DENIS SCANNELL, JOHN J. CASEY,
DANIEL J. KELLEY, M. J. P. MCCAFFERTY, PETER A. CONLIN,
JOSEPH H. KELLEY, ALZIRUS BROWN, HENRY L. PARKER, GEORGE SWAN.
THOMAS J. CONATY, GEORGE C. REIDY,
WILLIE C. YOUNG, HENRY S. KNIGHT,
KATE C. TAFT, EMERSON WARNER,
JOSEPH F. LOVERING. EDWARD B. GLASGOW.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
ON SCHOOL-HOUSES .- Messrs. Brown, Reidy, McCafferty, Tolman and Conlin.
ON BOOKS AND APPARATUS .- Messrs. Parker, Scannell, Knight, Young and Moriarty.
ON TEACHERS .- The Superintendent ex-oficio, Messrs. Conaty, Swan, Warner, Barker and Mrs. Merriman.
ON APPOINTMENTS .- The Superintendent ex-officio, Mrs. Taft and Messrs. Glasgow, Casey, Miss Barnard and Joseph H. Kelley.
ON FINANCE .- The Mayor ex-officio, Messrs. Warner, Thompson, Lovering, Daniel J. Kelley and Souther.
The Committee on Visitation shall exercise a general supervision over the schools to which they are severally assigned, and shall visit them not less than once in four weeks, and report their condition at the monthly meeting of the Board .- [Rules, Chap. 3, Sec. 6.
Though each school is assigned to a special committee, yet every member of the Board shall consider it his duty to watch over and visit all the public schools of the city, as his convenience will permit .- [Sec. 7.
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 39. VISITING COMMITTEES.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Committee.
Teachers.
Salary.
WARNER,
A. Carey Field .
1,800
Conaty,
Joseph H. Perry
1,000
Swan,
Mary P. Jefts
1,000
Glasgow,
Rachel L. Moore
900
Mrs. Taft,
(Alice Goddard).
800
Nellie M. White.
700
Parker,
Annie L. Fifield.
700
Florence Snow .
600
Mary E. Whipple
600
Scannell,
John I. Souther .
1,000
Helen M. Parkhurst.
500
The ROMAN NUMERALS designate the ROOMS to which members of committees are specially assigned, and the GRADES according to the course of study.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
Barker,
Arthur G. Lewis, Principal .
IX
$2,000
66
(Emma C. McClellan,) Asst.
600
66
Sarah M. Averill .
VIII
550
Sarah L. Phillips
VII
600
66
Tirzah S. Nichols
VI
550
Owen H. Conlin.
VI
550
Glasgow,
Jennie L. Dearborn
V
550
66
Esther G. Chenery
V
550
66
Mattie A. Collins .
IV
500
66
Carrie A. Smith, .
III
500
Tolman,
Mary T. Gale .
III
550
Eliza T. Gilbert.
II
500
Anna M. Waite
II
500
Lilla F. Upton . .
I
500
66
Hattie B. Andrews
I
500
66
Maud L. Davis
I
450
Alfred S. Roe, Principal
$2,700
William F. Abbot
1,400
John W. Gordon .
1,000
Jennie I. Ware
900
Mary L. Bridgman
900
James Mahoney
BELMONT STREET.
66
Mary H. Warren, Asst.
Carrie P. Townsend.
IV
500
397
SCHOOLS .- SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
Thompson,
William H. Bartlett, Principal .
IX
$2,000
Clara Manly, Asst.
600
Effie F. Kinne. .
VIII
600
66
Mattie Howe. .
VII
550
Minnie W. Sherman,
VI
550
Conlin,
Susie W. Forbes
IV
550
Esther B. Smith
IV-III
550
66
Alice W. Giddings
III
500
Harriet Lightbourn .
II
500
66
Anna DeW. Pearce .
II-I
550
66
Gertrude Melanefy
I
500
WINSLOW STREET.
Mrs. Taft,
J. Chauncey Lyford, Principal
IX
1,800
(Ella K. Morgan,) Asst.
550
66
Mary A. Drake .
VIII
500
66
Jessie M. Nichols
VII
500
Lucy Lewisson . .
VI
500
66
Octavia H. Vaughan
V
500
Knight, 66
Ella E. Goddard
V-IV
500
Eliza J. Seaver,
IV
500
Ida M. McCambridge.
III
500
Emma G. Goodwin .
III-II
500
66
A. Calista Hale.
II
500
66
Mary E. Horgan
I
500
WOODLAND STREET.
Swan,
Joseph Jackson, Principal.
IX
2,000
Alice E. Meriam, Asst.
550
Ann S. Dunton. .
VIII
550
Mary M. Lawton
VII
600
Jennie L. Higgins
VII-VI
500
Carrie R. Clements
VI
550
Souther,
Martha T. Wyman
V
550
Susie A. Partridge
V
550
Sarah J. Melanefy .
IV
550
M. Rosalie Goddard .
IV
500
Maggie I. Melanefy .
III
500
Mrs. Taft.
Carrie F. Meriam .
III
500
Maggie A. Flaherty
II
500
Emma Buckley .
II-I
500
Mary E. Proctor
I
500
Mary L. Haselden
I
500
WASHINGTON STREET.
Charles T. Haynes, Principal
IX
1,500
Ida L. Gaskill, Asst.
600
M. Louise Rice, Asst.
550
66
McCafferty, 66
66
DIX STREET.
Nellie F. Lindsay .
V
550
Sarah Brigham, Asst. .
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 39.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
LEDGE STREET.
Conaty,
Charles C. Woodman, Principal .
IX
$2,000
Margaret M. Geary, Asst.
600
Emma L. Cowles .
VIII
600
66
Maria P. Cole .
VII
550
Mabel Piper .
VII
500
Kate A. McCarthy
VI
600
McCafferty,
(Mary J. Packard,)
VI
500
Alice G. McMahon
V
550
66
Mary E. D. King
IV
500
Fanny A. Williams
III
500
Carrie E. Howe
III-II
500
Mary B. Dudley
II-I
500
Hannah M. Kickham
I
500
MILLBURY STREET.
Moriarty,
Francis P. Mckeon, Principal
IX-VIII
800
66
Mary A. Rourke .
VII
550
Eliza J. Lawler
VI
500
66
Harriet E. Maynard
V
500
66
Elida M. Capen .
IV
500
Swan,
Hattie S. Putnam
III
500
Myra H. Baker .
II
450
Mary L. Gafney .
I
500
Alice A. Tatınan .
500
THOMAS STREET.
Lovering,
Harriet G. Waite, Principal .
VIII
$1,140
Mary E. Houghton, Asst.
550
Abbie C. Souther
VII
550
Belle H. Tucker
VII
550
Anna P. Smith .
VI
550
Mary E. Fitzgerald
VI-V
550
Mrs. Merriman
Rosa I. Seavey .
IV
500
(Eudora A. Dearborn)
IV
...
Nellie M. Rood .
500
D. J. Kelley,
Addie E. Sprague
II
500
Mary E. Barnard
II-I
500
66
Jennie C. Clough
I
500
EDGEWORTH STREET.
Brown, 66
Ella E. Roper, Principal
VIII-VII
700
Anna T. Cavanough
VI
500
Jennie E. Maloney .
V
500
Julia E. Greenwood
V-IV
500
Sarah M. Brigham
IV
500
66
Daniel H. Casey .
Frances M. Athy .
550
Warner, 66
Ella J. Lyford, Asst.
550
66
(Esther E. Travis) .
Ella A. Casey
III
550
66
500
Hattie G. Gates
399
SCHOOLS .- SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
Parker,
Lucia N. Jennison
III
500
Fransess D. Martin
II
500
66
Estella V. Rolston
II-I
500
66
(Selma P. Ahlstrom)
I
500
WALNUT STREET.
Glasgow,
66
Kate A. Meade .
VII
550
66
Mary L. Norcross
v
550
Kate A. Coughlin
IV-III
500
Mary E. McCormick
III-II
500
Alphonsine T. L'Esperance
I
500
OXFORD STREET.
Young,
Ella L. Dwyer, Principal
VIII
700
66
Olive G. Davidson
VII
550
Nettie A. Murray
VI
500
66
Eva E. Stone
VI-V
500
Parker,
(Mary F. Harrington)
V
500
Mabel B. Tew
IV
500
66
Mary F. Barker
III
500
66
M. Gertrude Griggs
II
500
Catherine T. Nevins
I
550
Maria F. Bosworth
500
SYCAMORE STREET.
.
Warner,
Charlotte H. Munger, Principal .
VIII
800
66
Janet Martin
VII
550
A. Teresa Timon
VI
600
S. Lizzie Carter
V
600
Lovering,
Hattie S. Hagen
IV
550
Sarah W. Clements
III
550
Ida A. E. Kenney
II
500
Eliza J. Day
I
500
NEW WORCESTER.
Souther,
M. Ella Spalding, Principal
VIII-VII
700
Martha D. Adams
VI-V
500
M. Ella Clark
V-IV
550
Conaty,
Jennie M. Tainter
III
500
Anna B. Ranger
II
500
Rebecca H. Davie
I
500
SOUTH WORCESTER.
Reidy,
Carrie A. George, Principal
VIII
800
John E. Lynch . .
VII
500
Ellen M. Boyden
VI
550
-
Mary A. Hathaway
VII
550
66
Addie T. Gauren
Nellie C. Thomas, Principal
VIII
700
Ella M. Macfarland
VI
550
Miss Barnard,
Louise F. Clark
400
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 39.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
Reidy, 66
Edward A. Quinland
V
500
Mary O. Whitney
IV
550
Brown,
Lydia W. Ball
III
550
Mary C. Paige .
II
550
Maggie A. Mahony
I
500
(Jennie M. Sprout)
I
500
PROVIDENCE STREET.
Miss Barnard,
Etta A. Rounds, Principal
VIII
700
66
Mary E. Convery
VI
500
Marion C. Tucker
V
500
Emma M. Plimpton
IV
500
Sarah J. Newton .
III
550
Mary A. Kane
II
500
Mary C. Smith
I
500
LAMARTINE STREET.
J. H. Kelley,
66
Ida A. Tew, Asst.
550
Mary J. Sullivan .
VI
500
Louise A. Dawson
VI-V
550
Mary E. Kavanagh
V
550
Ellen T. Shannon
IV
550
Anna M. Murray
IV-III
500
Abbie F. Hemenway
III
500
Emma F. Brown .
II
500
Ida F. Boyden .
II
500
Moriarty,
Mary B. Wheatley
I
500
Mary C. Morrissey
I
500
Helena B. O'Keefe
I
500
QUINSIGAMOND.
Knight,
Richard H. Mooney, Principal
VIII-VII
700
Helena M. Kalaher
VI
550
Olive M. Butler
V
500
Edna Currier
IV
500
Mary A. Winter
III
500
Alice V. Phelps
II
500
66
Mary G. Smith .
I
500
ADRIATIC.
Conlin,
Emma A. Porter, Principal , ·
VII
700
(Sarah E. Rogers)
VI
L. Elizabeth King
Lizzie E. Chapin .
V
500
Mary M. Bowen
V-IV
500
Abby B. Shute
IV
500
Mary A. McGillicuddy
III
500
Cora A. Baldwin .
II
500
Margaret F. Hagan
II
500
Etta T. Whalen
I
500
Ellen F. Fallon
I
500
Etta R. Leonard .
VII
500
Young,
Arthur Hay, Principal
VIII-VII
700
Thompson, 66
Barker,
550
Reidy,
Ellen G. Daley .
401
SCHOOLS .- SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Committee.
Teachers.
Grade.
Salary.
Scannell,
Ella W. Foskett, Principal
VI
700
Minnie M. Parmenter, Asst.
550
Annie Brown
V
550
Mary E. C. Carroll
V-IV
550
66
Kate C. Cosgrove
III
500
J. H. Kelley,
Aloysia Radcliffe .
III
550
Mary E. Russell
II
500
Mary J. O'Connor
II
500
66
Maggie E. Magone
I
500
Anna T. Kelley
I
500
ASH STREET.
Tolman,
Mary J. Mack, Principal
VI
$700
Mary S. Eaton
V
550
Mabel Crane .
IV
500
D. J. Kelley,
Kate A. Fallon
III
550
Sarah A. Boyd .
II
500
Marina H. Tucker
I
500
GRAFTON STREET.
D. J. Kelley, 66
Bridget T. Carlon, Principal
700
Evelyn E. Towne.
IV
500
Kate A. McLoughlin
III
500
Casey,
Margaret J. McCann .
II
500
66
Carrie M. Adams
I
500
66
Ella J. Emerson
I
500
Edith M. Rolston
450
Casey,
Mary A. Gauren, Principal
V
600
66
Anna T. Smith
III
500
Alice Chapin .
II
500
66
Agnes R. Stewart
500
SALEM STREET.
Mrs. Merriman Minnie F. Whittier, Principal
IV
600
Addie M. Blenus .
II
500
Nellie J. Carlon
I
550
UNION HILL.
Miss Barnard,
Etha M. Stowell, Principal
IV-III
550
Anna D. Stowell .
II-I
500
MASON STREET.
Scannell,
Mary E. Pease, Principal .
II
550
Effie L. Bennett
I
500
Abbie J. Taft .
450
66
Mary O. Whitmore .
III
500
SUMMER STREET.
Mary A. Hayward
IV
500
(Arabell E. Burgess)
I
Julia A. Bunker
IV
500
EAST WORCESTER.
402
CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 39.
SUBURBAN.
Committee.
Place.
Teachers.
Salary.
Souther,
Northville,
(Mary F. Lewis.)
Joanna F. Smith.
$500
Lovering,
Tatnuck,
Elma L. Studley.
550
Warner,
Trowbridgeville,
Ada D. Saunders.
500
Knight,
Blithewood,
Eudora E. Hay.
500
Casey,
Bloomingdale,
Lizzie M. Urban.
500
Glasgow,
Adams Square,
Jeannie E. Sanderson.
500
Tolman,
Burncoat Plain,
Hattie L. White.
500
J. H. Kelley, 66
Chamberlain,
Fanny R. Spurr.
500
Swan,
Lake View,
Minnie A. B. Chase.
500
66
66
Nellie F. Saunders.
450
Miss Barnard,
Valley Falls,
Ann Foskett,
VI-IV
500
Georgianna M. Newton, III-I
500
DRAWING.
Walter S. Perry, Teacher, $1,850. Fanny H. Smith, Assistant, High School, $150.
COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Parker, Barker, Reidy, Mrs. Merriman and Mr. Tolman.
MUSIC. Seth Richards, Teacher, $1,650.
COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Swan, Lovering, Mrs. Taft, Mr. J. H. Kelley and Miss Barnard.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Conaty, Casey, Mrs. Taft, and Messrs. Glasgow and Thompson.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Henry E. Fayerweather, Michael J. English.
North Pond,
Etta M. Thayer.
500
Rebekah L. Taft.
500
(Ada B. Braman.)
403
SCHOOLS .- SECRETARY'S REPORT.
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1885.
Vacation periods indicated by Full Face Figures.
1885.
Sunday.
Monday.
Tuesday.
Wednesday
Thursday.
Friday.
Saturday.
1885.
Sunday.
Monday.
Tuesday.
Wednesday
Thursday.
Friday.
Saturday.
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5
6
7
8
9
10
5
6
8
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11
12
13
14
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16
17
12
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18
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21
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Feb. 23d, 1885,
April 25th,
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
DIRECTORS IN 1885.
TERM EXPIRES.
SAMUEL D. NYE,
WILLIAM A. WILLIAMS,
Dec. 31, 1885.
SAMUEL A. PORTER,
ALBERT WOOD,
1886.
JONAS G. CLARK,
FRANCIS H. DEWEY,
1887.
CHARLES M. LAMSON,
JAMES E. ESTABROOK, 66 1888.
ADIN THAYER,
GEORGE SWAN,
1889.
THOMAS GRIFFIN,
E. HARLOW RUSSELL,
66 1890.
ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR.
PRESIDENT. SECRETARY AND TREASURER. JAMES E. ESTABROOK.
COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY. JONAS G. CLARK,
ALBERT WOOD, CHARLES M. LAMSON, ADIN THAYER, JAMES E. ESTABROOK.
- COMMITTEE ON THE READING-ROOM. GEORGE SWAN, WILLIAM A. WILLIAMS, E. HARLOW RUSSELL.
COMMITTEE ON THE BUILDING.
SAMUEL A. PORTER, SAMUEL D. NYE, THOMAS GRIFFIN.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
FRANCIS H. DEWEY, SAMUEL D. NYE, JONAS G. CLARK.
LIBRARIAN. SAMUEL S. GREEN.
ASSISTANT-LIBRARIANS.
LUCIE A. YOUNG, JESSIE E. TYLER, ELLEN L. OTIS,
M. JENNIE BARBOUR, SARAH D. TUCKER.
FRANCIS H. DEWEY.
WORCESTER FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
DIRECTORS' REPORT.
To the Hon. Charles G. Reed, Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Worcester :
The Directors of the Free Public Library have the honor to submit their twenty-fifth annual report.
The reports of the Standing Committees of the Board, together with the reports of the Librarian and that of the Treas- urer of the Reading Room, are herewith transmitted.
We have just cause to congratulate the citizens of Worcester on the growth and increased usefulness of the Free Public Library during the past year, as will abundantly appear upon an examination of the above reports.
The number of bound volumes in the Library is 61,204, being an increase for the year of 3,105 volumes.
The circulating and reference departments of the Library have been open 307 days.
The number of volumes delivered for home use has been 135,021; the number delivered for reference use has been 57,497, making an aggregate of 192,517, or an average daily delivery for use of 627 volumes, besides the Sunday use of 1,803 volumes, being an increase of 23,202 volumes over the previous year.
The new catalogue, which had been most thoroughly, and I might add instructively, prepared, was issued at the beginning of the year, and in connection with the monthly lists of the new books, affords ready and accurate information as to the publi- cations to be found in the Library.
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The Reading Room has continued to be a successful and pop- ular department of the Public Library, the number of interested readers constantly increasing. Two hundred and fifty-eight newspapers, magazines and periodicals have been provided for the use of the public.
The Reading Rooms have been opened every day in the year. No account has been kept of the number of persons using them on other days than Sunday, on which day it is open from 2 to 9 p. m., and the average number of persons using them on that day has been 276, or 14,363 persons during the year.
The amount of the Reading Room Fund being but $10,- 812.65, the income thereof is insufficient for the payment of the necessary newspapers and magazines, and an appropriation of at least $350 should be made therefor.
The Library building is in general good condition, but the Building Committee recommend that as a matter of economy a new boiler for heating should be put in, and the necessity of more room for the books in the circulating library will require the fitting up and shelving of an additional room in the basement during the present year.
The City of Worcester may well be proud of the Free Public Library, not alone of the large number of valuable books upon all subjects which it contains, but also of the profitable use that is made of them.
The Library is an important factor in the present and future growth and prosperity of the City. The use of its circulating library and reading rooms enables and encourages thousands of persons every year to devote to improvement hours that would otherwise be worse than wasted.
The Reference Department contains many of the most valu- able publications on all matters of art and science, and as our City is so dependent on the knowledge, skill and inventions of its manufacturers and mechanics, it has been the policy of the Trustees heretofore to add at once to the Library all such publi- cations as may tend to afford the latest information on these subjects.
The increased number of books called for from this depart-
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ment for study shows its value. Our accomplished and courteous Librarian is not only always able, but always most happy, to give full information to all enquiries as to the books in which they can find information on any subject and to render them efficient aid in prosecuting their investigations.
The peculiar qualifications of our Librarian from his learning and executive ability to fill the office he has so long and so satis- factorily held have not only been known to and appreciated by our successive Boards of Trustees, but also by those engaged in the organization and management of other important libraries in different parts of the country ; but we trust no inducements that they have offered or may offer will lead him to withdraw from us.
The Directors are happy to commend the faithful and intelli- gent services of all the assistants of the Librarian during the past year.
The Directors would say, in conclusion, that the amount of the appropriation they ask for the Free Public Library for the ensuing year has been placed at the lowest sum consistent with continuing its work on the most economical principles. Any deduction, therefore, would necessarily diminish the amount that could be applied to the purchase of books, as the other estimated expenditures could not well be reduced.
The general depression in business affecting as it has the num- bers of men employed and reducing the hours of labor, has added largely to the number of the visitors at the Reading Room and increased the call for books, and we feel assured the City Government will do everything in its power to continue and enlarge the facilities of an institution whose benefits may be shared alike by all its citizens.
In behalf of the Directors,
FRANCIS H. DEWEY,
WORCESTER, Dec. 30th, 1884.
President.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
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FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
To Hon. Francis H. Dewey, President of the Board of Directors of the Free Public Library.
I herewith present the twenty-fifth annual report of the librarian. It is the fourteenth which I have prepared.
Following will be found the tables usually contained in this report. They show the receipts and expenditures of the library, its accessions, the number of volumes used by readers and stu- dents and the extent of the use of the reading-room on Sunday, and record such other facts in the history of the library for the past year as it is our custom to call attention to.
It is noticeable that there has been a large increase in the use of the library during the past year. The whole number of volumes given out to readers and students during the year is 194,321, an increase over the previous year of 23,202.
This use is divided among the different departments as follows : Circulating Department 135,021, Reference Department 57,497, Sunday use 1803.
The increase was large in the use of both of the two depart- ments, the circulating and the reference; in the former having been 18,215, and in the latter 5,192.
The books given to readers and students in the reference department, or Green Library, have been used almost exclusively for serious puposes, and in the statement no account has been taken of the immense use of the 258 papers, magazines and
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reviews to be found in the reading-rooms. These, readers help themselves to without the intervention of an attendant.
Not only has the high standard of previous years in regard to the character of books circulated been kept up, but it has been considerably raised during the past year.
For the latest account of the work done by the library in con- nection with schools reference is made to a paper which has been prepared by the librarian, and which will appear as an appendix to the report of the Massachusetts Board of Education, which will be presented to the legislature early in 1885.
The new catalogue issued at the beginning of the year has proved very satisfactory to users of the library.
The whole number of volumes in the library is 61,204, an increase during the year of 3,105 volumes. It has been of great advantage to us to be able to buy a considerable number of books during the year, for books are our tools and we cannot do the best work without good tools, nor without tools adapted to the accomplishment of work of various kinds.
It is desirable that liberal provision should be made for the support of the library the coming year, since in seasons of business depression large numbers of persons are thrown out of employ- ment, who, if encouraged by finding their wants supplied, will make a constant use of our books, papers and magazines. When business stagnates our work always increases in volume, and under the favoring circumstances of an adequate appropriation increases rapidly.
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