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The Manual Training Department cost at its inception $2,- 023.67. This was paid out of the Cutter fund income. The average yearly cost of the departments appears to be about $250.00. This yearly cost is paid sometimes in part out of the Pratt fund income.
Schools below the High School must be kept thirty-two weeks, and the High School must be kept forty weeks, inclusive of vaca- tions. It has been suggested that thirty-eight or thirty-nine weeks would be a sufficient length for grades below the High School. This would give a later period for opening school in the fall without carrying the school work into the hot part of June. 1. In general, if the year begins with the day following Labor day it will end about a week before the end of June, and if it begins the Monday following Labor day it will end about the end of June. If the school year is to be shortened it must be done by vote of the town. It would be proper for the town to take what action it deems best as to the time of beginning the school year, whether it shortened the year or not.
During the year 1900 the State passed a compulsory school- superintendence law, to take effect July 1st, 1902.
The committee have voted that an adequate appropriation
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should be made by the town to grade the Crosby grounds, con- crete the same where advisable near the buildings, and to con- struct blind wells where required.
During the past year the danger that might have come to the pupils of one school, the Russell, through the presence of numerous pupils in the district who had been exposed to a malignant disease, caused the Board of Health properly to close the school from December 7th to December 17th. During this period the Board of Health thoroughly disinfected the building and also caused medical inspection to be had in all the other schools. The inspection continues. In other communities daily medical inspection is required. It is possible that the time has come with us when such inspection must be made continuous. The inspection is a wise saefguard, and will undoubtedly prevent almost wholly the closing of schools.
The past two and a half years have added most materially to the efficiency of all our schools. Their general condition is now such that the superintendent, assisted as he is, by competent principals, can and does attend to a great deal of work hereto- fore attended to by the committee. The superintendency and service of Mr. Sutcliffe are very satisfactory. A sub-committee recently appointed stated in part in their report to the full Board, that in connection with their work they had taken oc- casion to ascertain the condition of the Russell School as a whole by personal inspection of each room and otherwise, and that they took pleasure in calling the attention of the committee to the wholesome satisfaction which every person must feel who visits the school, that under Mr. Sutcliffe's management a most re- markable transformation had taken place, and that there existed a zeal, spirit, interest and purpose in every way admirable on the part of the teachers and pupils. The Board adds that the conditions which make for success in the Russell School exist to a like extent in each of the other schools. Our school affairs
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are therefore in such shape that whatever is new, or wise, or an improvement on the past, in the internal working, mechanism, arrangement and methods of school work, to give the mind dis- cipline together with due knowledge of a useful and practical or life-serving character may be accomplished. There are still open questions : What shall the true courses of study be and what the arrangement of studies ? What shall be the scope and extent of each study, how much shall be learned and what mat- ters shall be only read, or discussed orally in the class-room ? What shall the child do at home, its extent and kind, and at what age such work shall begin; what recitations require prepared work; what the length of recitation periods, and what the total time the pupil shall expend in recitation work each day; what shall be the length of the time set apart each day for individual work, study and effort, outside of recitation periods, that a more independent sturdiness of mental action may be acquired ; how far shall the pupil do his own work and not have the teacher do it for him ; how far school requirements and methods shall be re- formed so that the knowledge of the child shall at all times be his to evoke and use as occasion calls ; whether certain "frills" can- not be cut off ; whether it is not better to have fewer subjects, and if all things must be taught, whether the essentials cannot be taught more and the non-essentials less ; whether classes can- not be subdivided so as to allow the utmost individual progress and allow each to acquire what he does acquire in a masterful way; whether any of our school courses are too difficult and cause too much strain for the period of life in which they are considered ; whether the college course shall not have a length of five years instead of four years, and what shall a true business course be; what its length, two or four years, and is the child qualified on entering the High School to take up immediately a short business course with much profit to himself.
WILLIAM H. H. TUTTLE, Chairman.
STATISTICS.
The State now, for the purpose of its tabulations, considers the school year as contained between the months of September and June.
The following table has been prepared for the year beginning September, 1899, and ending in June, 1900. The table indi- cates for that actual year : pupils enrolled, 1,452 ; average mem- bership, 1,337 ; average daily attendance, 1,242.2. .
At the end of the year, December 21, 1900, there were 1,438 pupils in all the schools, divided as follows :-
High School, 123; Grade IX, 85, making 208 in the High School building. A year ago it was 223.
Russell School, 518. A year ago it was 490.
Crosby School, 254. A year ago it was 280.
Cutter School, 206. A year ago it was 193.
Locke School, 252. A year ago it was 210.
SCHOOL STATISTICS, FROM SEPT. 1, 1899, TO JUNE 27, 1900.
SCHOOLS.
Grade.
Number Enrolled.
Number June 27, 1900.
Average member- ship.
Average daily at- tendance.
Per cent of attend- ance.
Number belonging Dec. 21, 1900.
HIGH SCHOOL
141
119
127.9
120.9
94.5
123
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
IX A.
43
37
38.5
35.6
92.4
44
IX B.
46
37
39.7
37.2
93.5
41
VIII.
46
40
40.2
37.1
92.
56
VII
51
47
49.4
45.4
90.5
48
VI.
49
44
45.9
40.3
87.5
46
V.
44
37
41.8
37.6
90.1
48
V and IV
38
35
34.4
30.1
86.1
44
IV ..
39
38
37.1
36.9
86.9
46
III ..
49
47
46.8
41.2
88.1
47
40
40
36.
32.7
90.8
50
44
44
40.5
36.6
89.7
41
I.
51
49
48.9
42.
88.2
45
I.
51
49
49.4-
42.5
85.9
47
45
41
42.4
39.8
93.5
44
30
27
26.8
25.1
93.6
36
42
40
39.9
38.2
93.8
31
IV ..
37
33
33.9
31.6
93.
39
III.
46
44
43.8
40.9
93.6
33
II . ..
42
39
40.3
37.4
93.3
33
I.
42
32
36.8
33.
88.9
38
CUTTER SCHOOL
VIII and VII
36
36
34.3
31.7
95.6
42
VI and V .
48
46
45.9
43.6
95.8
47
IV and III.
52
47
47.4
44.7
94.
44
III and II.
39
38
34.9
32.2
91.6
44
I.
2S
28
26.6
23.9
89.6
29
Grade.
LOCKE
SCHOOL
VIII ..
25
19
21.7
19.9
91.5
42
VIII and VII
VII and VI .
37
35
35.
33.3
95.5
48
VI and V V and IV
V and IV .
51
51
41.8
38.9
93.8
48
IV and III
49
46
45.2
43.2
93.6
39
III
II.
35
34
33.5
30.7
91.7
38
II
36
34
30.3
28.
88.4
37
I
Totals.
1,452
1,325
133.7
1,242.2
90.7
1,438
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CROSBY SCHOOL
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
During the past year there have been 155 cases of contagious diseases reported to the Board of Health. Of this number, 57 cases were measles, 56 diphtheria, 33 scarlet fever, and 9 typhoid fever.
This number is unusually large for Arlington, which for sev- eral years has been singularly free from contagious diseases. Each disease above named has been characterized by cases of an unusually severe type. In measles there has been a large percentage of complications, viz .: broncho-pneumonia and abscess of the middle ear. In diphtheria, while the mortality was only 6 per cent (in marked contrast to that of 45 per cent before the days of antitoxine), the number of serious cases was large. Scarlet fever also was extremely severe. Twenty-one families were affected with the latter disease, and forty families with diphtheria. These families were widely scattered and not supplied by the same milk-man. Occasionally there is a year when contagious diseases seem to be widely epidemic. Such a year has been the past, for not only has Boston been unusually affected, but nearly every suburb within miles of this centre. It has been suggested that one cause of the prevalence of these diseases in Arlington is the large area of fertilized ground in town, but many of the neighboring towns and cities have suf- fered much more than ours, and yet their amount of fertilized ground consists only of their public gardens and private flower- beds.
It has been impossible to attribute the past epidemics to any local cause.
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The sanitary conditions of the town were never so good as during the past year. Sewers have been extended, many cess- pools abandoned, and all unsanitary conditions improved, if not perfected. Antitoxine has been very freely used in the treat- ment of all diphtheria cases, and with the most gratifying re- sults. Only three cases have died, and one of these was practi- cally beyond help when medical aid was first summoned. Paralysis and kidney troubles following diphtheria are less fre- quent now than before antitoxine was discovered, while the mortality has fallen from 45 per cent to 9 per cent. Still there are some people to be found who object to its use, as they object to vaccination.
In all cases of contagious disease the public ought to be gov- erned by rules made for the limitations of such diseases, based on the scientific investigations of the best medical minds of the day.
It is unfortunate for the community at large that these rules are so often ignored! The hardship of being quarantined for weeks, until two negative cultures have been obtained, is indeed trying; but if scientific bacteriological investigations are able to determine when a case is diphtheria, it is able to determine just as truly when it is not. Hence so long as the bacilli remain the disease may be contagious and quarantine must be continued for the safety of the public.
It must be remembered that contagious diseases are not equal- ly contagious to all. The physical condition of one person may be such that at the time of his exposure he fails to become in- fected, while another person may at the same time become in- fected readily. There is no means of knowing who is susceptible and who is not, therefore every precaution must be taken to limit exposures.
Co-operating with the school board a medical inspector of schools has been appointed, whose duty it is to daily inspect
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each school and temporarily suspend any suspects of contagions disease.
During the past year there has been considerable discussion . regarding the keeping of swine within the limits of the Town. The Board has carefully considered all complaints in relation to this subject, making personal inspections of all places where such animals are kept, and have required a strict compliance with the Town by-laws. At the request of this Board, Dr. Ab- bott, the Secretary of the State Board of Health, came to Arling- ton in the latter part of November and, in company with the members of the local Board, visited those places in the Town where the largest number of swine are kept. The following let- ter to the Chairman of the local Board will give the opinion . of the highest authority in the State upon this matter :
BOSTON, December 7, 1900.
Mr. E. S. Fessenden, Chairman, Board of Health, Arlington, Mass.
Dear Sir :- In regard to the matter of keeping swine within the limits of your Town, after visiting the place and seeing the existing conditions, it seems to me that your Board might reason- ably make a regulation prohibiting the keeping of such animals within the Town limits. Arlington is within the metropolitan district, the population is rapidly growing, and becoming more densely settled every year, and some such regulation would seem to be necessary for the protection of the inhabitants from a seri- ous nuisance. This is especially the case in all instances where city swill is fed to such animals. If this is not practicable, a municipal regulation limiting the number of such animals might be made.
Yours respectfully, SAMUEL. W. ABBOTT, Secretary.
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At certain times of the year large quantities of manure are brought into the Town by the railroad and by teams, for the use of our market gardeners. It is an important factor in the carry- ing on of the largest industry in this community. By a special regulation passed early in the fall, all vehicles conveying this material through the streets of the Town are required to cover the same with canvas. So far there has been cordial co-opera- tion with the Board, on the part of our market gardeners, to re- duce as much as possible the disagreeable features attending the handling and use of this material.
We desire to call attention to plans proposed by the city en- gineer of Cambridge for draining and reclaiming the large area of wet lands extending from Concord avenue, along the banks of Alewife brook to Mystic river. The expense of carrying out the same should be largely borne by the city of Cambridge, but the benefits to Belmont and Arlington would be very great. .
The usual amount of work has been done upon Spy pond, the present condition of which is good.
PLUMBING INSPECTIONS.
During the year nineteen hundred, one hundred and thir- teen applications for plumbing permits were placed on file and written permits therefor duly issued. Twenty-two of said permits being for plumbing in new buildings.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
DEATHS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1900.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Henry L. Lawrence.
Jan.
1
75
4
15
Frederick M. Kirlin.
66
6
40
6
20
Thomas Donnelly.
66
6
75
Sarah Butcher.
66
8
75
9
23
Mary C. Hendrick
66
S
11
8
21
Abbie W. Barker
66
10
58
0
19
Susan C. Knowles.
66
15
83
5
18
Zeilina F. Downing.
16
6]
6
27
Caroline A. Weltch
66
19
60
11
7
Lawrence Leary
66
19
55
John Lyons, Jr.
66
26
9
2
Bartholomew O'Brien.
7
40
Ann Y. Ellis.
66
13
91
5
18
Sarah M. Wiggin
66
13
83
9
8
Alonzo R. Smith
19
67
10
12
Wood
20
Jane Frost .
22
69
6
0
Harvey H. Bacon
66
22
67
5
Bridget Butler
66
23
70
John Fitzpatrick.
24
59
Caroline Sinclair
March
1
81
James A. Peirce
66
3
80
George H. Grevenstein
66
6
2
10
Catharine Prendergast
10
1
2
15
Catharine Leary ..
11
3
Blanche D. Gray.
11
12
8
4
Ann Brady.
66
11
75
7
Josephine Cella
12
16
Gertrude Smith
66
13
10
Ellen C. Keyes
16
59
1
16
Ruth E. Allen
17
2
10
Caroline O. Hubbard
18
77
8
8
Elizabeth Leary
19
42
5
8
Dennis O'Leary
20
86
Unknown
66
22
Mary M. Jones
25
42
11
21
Thomas Cahalin
26
62
Leon Bixby
66
26
84
Edward J. Crowes
66.
28
4
10
9
Harriet L. Symmes .
66
30
53
1
16
William H. Richardson.
66
31
78
11
Grace H. Perkins.
66
31
26
7
25
Walter A. O'Neil ..
April
5
8
8
Abigail W. Vickery
66
5
74
1
12
Sara B. Hall.
7
23
6
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22
9
18
Caroline H. Kelly Greenleaf
Feb.
4
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9
57
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William Gates
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26
30
5
Martha C. Stearns
66
66
66
15
1900
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
DEATHS - Continued.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Charles E. Cook
April
9
34
9
.
Wilma H. Granberg.
66
9
14
9
Josephine A. Clock.
10
41
5
21
Timothy W. Hurley.
66
13
5
19
Michael Thyne
13
2
4
14
Sarah A. Robinson.
26
32
3
23
Edward Chalmers.
28
62
4
11
Mary J. Wiggin ..
. 28
73
26
Samuel C. Blodget.
66
28
40
11
19
Abigail M. Chase
May
3
76
4
10
Mary Hourihan.
66
8
31
Florence E. Locke.
66 0
9
18
8
Purcell.
66
10
Catharine Regar
11
63
Thomas H. Hill
12
30
1
20
Thomas Kelly
16
Minnie N. McLeod. .
17
35
8
17
Annie I. Cahill
66
20
17
5
15
Eleanor Dillon.
June
7
2
25
Julia Toomey ..
7
36
Annie M. Strand
10
42
Genevieve Newman
27
3
11
Calvin Moulton ..
66
27
88
1
1
Theresa V. Hurley .
28
17
7
28
Stillman E. Chubbuck.
July
2
88
15
Helen E. Riley
66
2
18
6
2
Harold D. Ladd.
17
6
4
Mary Burke.
66
18
33
George B. Hayes.
66
19
64
2
17.
Munziante Dotolo, alias
66
27
10
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16
Ralph L. Clark
Aug.
3
1
4
13
Philip A. Irwin.
3
6
11
27
Timothy Canniff
66
7
78
8
6
Catherine McCarthy
66
8
25
6
27
Thulmer M. Gardner
66
12
.
1
11
Esther Mead ..
66
14
2
1
19
Carroll R. Washburn.
66
19
40
Lester Dewing.
24
1
Mary Maher
66
26
C6
Ann Collins
29
70
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Mary Collins
Sept.
1
70
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Antonio Barr
66
31
1
9
James A. Jones.
4
14
1
1
29
Lorimer P. Pray
15
4
5
4
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17
46
John Skinner
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28
86
11
4
Mary Ahern
...
66
29
65
38
Edith Donovan
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Doris A. Hadley
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68
Jeremiah Ryan
66
2
Wyman S. Tasker.
11
1900
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
DEATHS - Concluded.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Mos
Days.
Andrew J. O'Keefe.
Sept.
4
1
2
Annie Kelly .
6
43
George L. Russell.
66
9
1
Grace F. Stoddard.
66
11
23
Jane C. Chesley ..
11
82
7
10
James Montague.
66
12
10
2
Rose A: McDonnell.
13
35
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S
I2
James W. Chisholm .
66
14
3
7
23
Thomas O'Brien
66
16
41
9
Edward D. Brooks
66
17
68
6
Harold W. Bower.
66
18
10
9
Ann E. Wellington
18
80
6
7
Henry V. Maguire.
18
1
3
5
Lois M. Prince.
20
1
5
Martha E. Watts ..
20
73
4
27
Margerita L. Caterino
66
27
4
2
9
Annie F. Swan ..
30
47
2
27
Catherine M. Mahoney Joyce ..
Oct.
1
9
4
26
Irene H. Wheeler
66
7
2
Octavia Hobart
12
70
11
5
Isabella S. Fultz.
(14
68
5
2
Gerald C. Maguire
20
1
4
7
Jacob F. Hobbs.
2
78
2
22
Caroline L. Davis
3
69
8
17
Harriet L. Burtt
5
2
13
Louisa B. Smith.
6
80
4
10
Eliza J. Donahue
66
11
75
66
14
75
6
·
66
18
30
11
14
Laura E. Balmer.
66
26
2
5
Mead
66
28
Duncan.
Dec.
3
Jeremiah Reardon.
4
73
Edward Ahern ..
66
5
7
6
2
Alfred A. Newth.
6
1
5
3
Frances S. Barry.
8
55
5
23
Dorothy Miller
66
S
20
.....
2
Patrick Mulgueeney
66
S
55
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7
2
John Pavey
66
11
2
6
1
Christian G. Miller.
66
18
74
6
Palmer Bullard.
19
3
4
11
Susie B. Corbett.
20
26
1
2
Dennis McCarthy
21
70
Miles McGrath.
66
23
2
1
Charles Hill
27
86
10
5
Ellen McManus
.... . ...
30
29
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Dorothy B. Johnson . .
11
88
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27
7
17
George E. Rand
66
6
6
Nov.
Eliza W. Locke.
May Ellis
AGE.
1900
Mary F. Burns
14
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH."
Whole number of deaths
Males
65 Females
83
Number under 5 years of age
between 5 and 10 years of age
66
66 10 30
66
16
66
66 30 60
31
66
66
60 " 70
66
66
15
66 70 80
66
80
66 90
66
66
60
66
1
American parentage
.
55
Foreign parentage
66
Mixed
21
Unknown
6
SOME OF THE DISEASES OR CAUSES OF DEATH.
Pneumonia
11
Bronchitis
7
Phthisis .
11 Brain disease
4
Heart disease
10
Diphtheria
.
.
3
Carcinoma
3
EDWARD S. FESSENDEN,
EDWIN P. STICKNEY, M.D.,
1
EDWIN MILLS,
Board of Health.
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66
21
14
66
over 90
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REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Robbins Library
To the Town of Arlington:
The Trustees of the Robbins Library submit their annual re- port :
The reclassifying of the Library, which was begun in 1892, together with the recataloguing which was completed by the pub- lication of a Fiction List in 1898 and a Non-Fiction List in 1899, made possible the openingof the stack to the public, a result long desired and one which in our last report we said we hoped soon to accomplish. It required, however, the separation of the ju- venile books from the rest of the Library and the establishment of a room to which the children would have easy access. Sufficient space for this purpose was obtained by removing part of the stack and fitting it with shelves and tables, thus leaving plenty of room in the aisles below for the use of adults. The patrons of the Library showed their appreciation of these improved facili- ties by repairing at once to the shelves, examining their contents, and selecting their own books, which were charged by the at- tendants as before, while the children flocked to their room in large numbers. The children's room was opened on the 24th of July, and the public admitted to the stack September 11th. To these changes must be credited a marked increase in the number of books issued, 51,069 for 1900, as against 47,815 in
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF ROBBINS LIBRARY.
1899 and 46,758 in 1898. The children have drawn 6,725 books since July, in addition to the constant use of their room for the examination of books, magazines, etc.
We have continued to give exhibitions of paintings and photo- graphs in addition to the eight reported last year.
9. Photographs of Newfoundland, February, 1900.
10. Photographs of the Alps. Stella collection No. 2, March and April, 1900.
11. Photographs of Florence No. 2, May, 1900.
12. Photographs of Japan, September, 1900.
13. Photographs of Perugia, November and December. 1900.
Mr. Winfield Robbins has put us increasingly in his debt by the gift of many books and pictures. Mrs. S. C. Bushnell pre- sented a beautiful Statue of Nydia, the blind girl of Pompeii.
Mr. Henry Dexter, of New York, son of our first Librarian, and a generous benefactor of the Library, has presented a valu- able Encyclopedia of Contemporary Biography in 2 vols. Mr. Edwin S. Farmer has given us a handsome 10 vol. edition of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents from 1789 to 1897.
The editors of the "Advocate" and "Enterprise" continue to send to us files of their papers, while several novels have been presented by a neighborhood book club of Maple and Pleasant streets. We have received also from Mr. J. Howell Crosby two souvenir volumes of Massachusetts Legislators.
The great difficulty under which the Library labors is lack of funds for the purchase of books, only a small fraction of our income being available for this purpose in view of the necessary expenses of attendance, heating, lighting and repairs. Only what is left when all other charges have been met can be applied to the purchase of books, and this amount is still further dimin- ished by the cost of binding books and magazines. We are sadly deficient in books of reference, as well as in standard and con- temporaneous literature. A larger income is greatly needed.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF ROBBINS LIBRARY.
In the appended statement will be found the statistics for 1900, a list of periodicals now taken and a statement of the hours during which the Library and reading-room are open.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL C. BUSHNELL, E. NELSON BLAKE, FRANK W. HODGDON, JOSEPH C. HOLMES, JAMES P. PARMENTER,
MATTHEW ROWE, Trustees.
LIBRARIAN'S STATEMENT.
LIBRARY HOURS.
SUNDAY .- Reading Room, 2.30 to 5.30 P.M.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY .- Reading Room,
10 to 12 A.M., 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 P.M. Book Room, 1 to 6 P.M. Children's Room, 1 to 6 P.M.
WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY .- Reading Room, 10 to 12 A.M., and 1 to 9 P.M. Book Room, 1 to 9 P.M. Children's Room, 1 to 6 P.M.
Library is closed on Washington's Birthday, Patriots' Day, Me- morial Day, Seventeenth of June, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
LIBRARY HOURS, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS READING ROOM.
TUESDAY AND SATURDAY .- 1.30 to 6, 7 to 9 P.M.
THURSDAY .- 3 to 6, 7 to 9 P.M.
Books left at the Reading Room on Tuesday and Saturday between the hours of 1.30 and 3.30 P.M. will be exchanged, and books will be ready for delivery from 7 to 9 P.M. of the same day.
Books not left at the Reading Room on or before 3.30 P.M. on the days when due will be subject to fine.
STATISTICS.
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Number of volumes in the Library, Jan. 1, 1901. 16,616
" periodicals subscribed for 64
66 " periodicals given 12
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LIBRARIAN'S STATEMENT.
66 " newspapers subscribed for. 7
" . " books added from Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 520
66 " books and single copies of magazines loaned, including those sent to Arling- ton Heights 51,069
Number loaned from Children's Room, beginning July 24 6,725
Number of magazines loaned. 2,029
Largest number of books and magazines delivered in one day 445
Number not returned to the Library, from Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 (6 books and one copy of a magazine). H. 7,5
Average Sunday attendance of the Reading Room. . . 32 Average Sunday attendance of the Children's Room since July 24. 18
Average daily attendance of the Reading Room. 59
Average daily attendance of the Children's Room since July 24.
24
Number of new names registered during the year 517
Total number of names registered. .
5,378
Number of volumes in Arlington Heights Reading Room, Jan. 1, 1901.
286-forum
Number not returned, from Jan. 1, 1900, to Jan. 1, 1901 0
Number of periodicals subscribed for
19
Number of books and magazines sent by basket from Centre in 1900. 3,589
Fines paid to the Town Treasurer in 1900. $204.28
Amount paid to the Town Treasurer for sale of cata- logues $16.10
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