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155.6
992.4
183.3
1897
431.7
256.8
174.6
184.5
1,047.6
177.5
41898
426.7
256.7
186.2
194.3
1,063.9
196.0
1899
476.9
267.6
187.2
209.5
1,141.2
206.0
1900
470.4
263.9
189.1
207.5
1,130.9
206.1
1901
504.9
250.2
201.4
237.1
1,193.6
200.8
1902
527.3
279.0
219.5
278.7
1,304.5
222.2
1903
507.3
298.3
241.8
307.2
1,354.6
232.1
1904
505.2
287.1
260.6
308.1
1,361.0
250.5
1905
563.9
260.1
270.1
315.1
1,409.2
252.8
1906
562.6
255.5
293.6
353.6
1,465.3
253.9
1907
579.8
267.3
324.4
313.2
1,484.7
293.7
1908
615.5
283.1
320.3
346.5
1,568.4
318.0
1909
606.2
319.8
322.8
344.1
1,592.9
360.6
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909.
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled for
Year
Membership,
June 1, 1909
Average
Membership
Average
Daily
Attendance
Per cent of
Attendance
HIGH SCHOOL.
X-XI-XII-XIII|
264
241
239.7
232.2
96.8
NINTH GRADES.
Martha E. Randall
IX
42
40
41
40.1
97.3
Helener G. Robertson
IX
42
39
40
38.5
96.2
Jennie B. Allyn
IX
43
39
39.9
38.2
95.6
127
118
120.9
116.8
96.4
RUSSELL SCHOOL.
Augusta A. Jackson
VIII
49
46
45.2
43.5
96.1
Sarah E. Gile.
VII-VIII ..
40
40
40.4
38.8
96.1
Dorothy E. Connor
VII
47
39
41.4
39.8
95.9
Louisa R. Warren
VI
46
46
42.4
40.2
95.4
Emily M. Rogers
VI
47
47
41.7
38.7
93.4
Nellie A. Grimes
V
51
48
45.3
43.4
94.9
Gertrude Woolner
V
48
48
45.8
44.1
96.5
Elizabeth L. Geer
IV
53
49
47.1
45
95.5
Anna M. Newell
III
51
51
44.7
42.2
94.3
Myrtle M. Davis.
II-III
33
33
30.8
29
94
Sarah L. Gifford.
I-II
34
33
30.2
28.8
95.4
Elizabeth A. Day
I.
45
45
40.2
36.6
92.2
544
525
495.2
470.1
94.9
CROSBY SCHOOL.
Mary F. Scanlon
VIII
28
26
26.8
25.7
96.1
Carrie L. Minott,
VII
33
28
28.9
27.4
94.1
Jennie M. Cottle.
VI
34
27
28.3
26.7
94.4
Ursula B. Hanna
V
49
45
45.4
43
94.9
Amelia J. Bisbee.
IV
49
45
44.5
42.5
95.4
Sara M. Henderson
III.
48
40
41.1
38
92.4
Ina J. Pearson
II
55
47
46.2
41.7
89.6
Anna W. Cobb
I.
54
50
47.2
40.7
87.2
350
308
308.4
285.7
92.8
. CUTTER SCHOOL.
Jennie A. Chaplin.
VIII
35
32
32.2
31.6
97.6
Eva G. Jones.
VII
30
25
27.4
26.5
96.5
Katherine E. Russell
VI
38
39
39.1
37.5
95.8
Mary L. Morrison
V
50
50
45.3
43.6
96.3.
Caroline M. Young.
IV
59
57
55.5
53.3
95.2
Florence R. Norton
III
44
41
39.3
36.4
94.4
Antoinette L. Canfield
II.
52
43
41.1
38.3
93
Charlotte C. Haliburton
I
50
39
42.9
40.3
93.6
358
326
322.8
307.5
95.3
LOCKE SCHOOL.
Martha Wentworth
VIII
38
31
33.5
32.3
96.5
M. Alice Connor ..
VII
52
42
44
42
95.5
Bertha M. Wright.
VI
43
39
38.7
37
95.7
Lillian M. Tinkham
V
58
49
51.8
49.1
95
Minnie E. Foster
IV
47
44
42.1
39.7
94.2
Lucy E. Evans.
III
52
41
43.1
41
94.8
Alice M. Bean
54
46
46.5
42.5
92.6
Bessie M. Hartshorn
55
47
44.4
40.8
90.2
399
339
344.1
324.4
94.1
II.
I.
143
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909-Concluded.
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
GRADES
Enrolled for
Year
Membership,
June 1, 1909
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Per cent of
Attendance
PARMENTER SCHOOL.
Susan F. Wiley
IV
27
26
25.9
24.8
95.8
Alice (S. Rand.
III
26
26
22.9
20.9
90.8
Grace B. Tibbets
II.
35
30
31.9
29.1
90.7
Helen M. Dow
I.
36
31
30.3
27.2
89.9
124
113
111.0
102.0
91.8
Totals
2,166
1,970
1,942.1
1,838.9
94.6
SUMMARY OF PRINICIPAL'S MONTHLY REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1908-1909.
High
Ninth
Crosby
Cutter
Locke
Russell
Parmenter
Averages
and Totals
Enrolled for year.
264
127
350
358
399
544
124
2,166
Average enroll't for month
249.2
122.2
319.8
328.2
354.9
504
114.8
1,993.1
Average number belonging
239.7
120.9
308.4
322.8
344.1
495.2
111
1,942.1
Average daily attendance.
232.4
116.8
285.7
307.5
324.4
470.1
102
1,838.9
Per cent of attendance
96.9
96.4
92.8
95.3
94.1
94.9
91.8
94.6
Absent pupils.
1,446
784
8,215
5,533
7,447
8,540
3,970
35,935
Absent teachers
7
7
42
75
43
50
0
224
Tardy pupils
358
50
120
131
103
126
55
943
Dismissals
372
91
166
171
431
433
232
1,896
Corporal punishments
0
0
5
21
21
7
0
54
Truants
3
1
11
6
5
10
0
36
Visits by Committee
17
18
48
44
32
39
24
222
Visits by Superintendent. .
70
39
143
192
146
157
67
814
Visits by others.
41
32
277
299
336
825
335
2,145
Daily
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
EXPENDITURES AND AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL.
1906
1907
1908
1909
Salaries
$46,628 24
$48,410 34
$51,562 24
$53,831 62
Books and supplies.
4,233 78
3,835 71
4,176 23
4,302 07
Light and power.
133 09
201 73
273 62
434 41
Manual training.
251 88
354 66
357 03
821 87
Furnishing and ordinary repairs
1,872 13
1,058 41
1,715 26
653 44
Janitors' supplies
395 78
288 93
387 57
466 74
Fuel.
3,391 37
3,409 93
3,712 56
3,319 84
Miscellaneous
1,089 27
1,115 78
1,183 44
1,290 46
Repairs on buildings.
$57,995 54 939 13
$58,675 49 2,499 86
$63,367 95 1,000 00
$65,120 45 1,010 13
$58,934 67
$61,175 35
$64,367 95
$66,130 58
Cost per pupil in total enroll't ..
(a) exclusive of repairs.
30 05
29 80
30 27
30 07
(b) including repairs.
30 54
31 07
30 75
30 53
Cost per pupil in average mem- bership.
(a) exclusive of repairs.
33 74
32 99
33 65
33 53
(b) including repairs.
34 28
34 40
34 18
34 05
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
COST OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN ARLINGTON.
HIGH SCHOOL. 11 room, brick building, replaced 2 room, wooden building; opened in the fall of 1894. Cost: Land, new site ... $12,310 95
Building, grading and furnishing, including new laboratory and manual training rooms. 77,678 81
$89,989 76
RUSSELL SCHOOL. 12 room, brick building, replaced 4 room, wooden building, which was burned, and a 2 room, wooden building, known as the "Adams School"; opened in the fall of 1873. Cost:
Land to increase size of old lot. $ 713 25
Building and furnishing 57,910 79
$58,624 04
CROSBY SCHOOL. 8 room, brick building, replaced 2 room,
wooden building; opened in fall of 1896. Cost: Land to increase size of old lot. $ 6,000 00
Building, grading and furnishing. 39,156 08
$45,156 08
LOCKE SCHOOL. 8 room brick building, replaced 4 room, wooden building; opened in the spring of 1899. Cost:
Land for play-ground. $ 4,051 00
Building and furnishing. 28,560 10
Land to increase size of play-ground. 4,250 00
Building, grading and furnishing
$32,611 10
CUTTER SCHOOL. 8 room, brick building, replaced 4 room,
wooden building; opened in the spring of 1901. Cost: Land to increase size of old lot. $ 2,698 64
Building, grading and furnishing. 42,388 06
$45,086 70
PARMENTER SCHOOL. 4 room, new, wooden building; opened in fall of 1904. Cost:
Land
$ 5,000 00
Building, grading and furnishing. 18,298 15
$23,298 15
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
GRADUATION EXERCISES.
ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.
Thursday Evening, June 24, 1909.
Town Hall, Arlington
PROGRAM.
Serenata
A. H. S. Orchestra
Prayer
Rev. Harry Fay Fister
Crossing the Bar
Schnecker Chorus of Seventy Soprano Solo by Lois Lannin, A. H. S. '09; Violins Obbligati .
Essay. A Poet Laureate and His Contemporaries
Ethel Prince Ober
Selection. The Work of Universities
Gladstone
William S. Black
Helen A. Clark
Break, Break, Break Girls' Voices
Selection. How the Old Horse Won the Bet Holmes
Anna Catherine Hendrick
Selection. Lady Clare
Laura Murray Finley
Tennyson
Song of the Armorer George A. Nevin
Boys' Voices with Girls' Chorus Obbligati
Selection from Enoch Arden
Doris Irene Allen
Music by Strauss, Miss Katherine Yerrinton, Accompanist. .
Class Essay
Lois Vivian Lannin
Henry F. Gilbert
Words by Nixon Waterman Senior Class
Presentation of Diplomas
Chairman of School Committee
Be Not Afraid
From Mendelssohn's " Elijah"
Chorus Accompanist, Raymond Whitten, A. H. S. '10.
GRADUATES.
Doris Irene Allen Ethel Beals Prescott F. Bigelow Mary Linda Black William S. Black
Anna Catherine Hendrick Julian Campbell Howard Elizabeth Albertus Keaney Lois Vivian Lannin Lillian Maude Lindsay
Eichberg
Tennyson
Rain Song
147
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Alice Marian Buttrick Ella Christenson Irving Desmond Dawes Edward Joseph Dineen Roland Waldo Edwards Laura Murray Finley Ruth Hawes
Raymond Elwin Manley Ada Dorothy Mansell Mary Emma McCoy
Julia Gertrude Merrick
Ethel Prince Ober Marguerite Poore Gertrude Rebecca Roden
Annette Henrietta Sheehan
SPECIAL STUDENTS
Muriel Evangeline Brandenburg Mary Louise Duffy Florence Hardy
Howard Tileston Murray Elmer Marie Soderquist Paul Thompson Winslow
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF THE NINTH GRADE.
ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. Cotting Hall, High School Building, Thursday, June 24, 1909.
PROGRAM.
Music. The Singers Chorus of Forty-five
A. R. Gaul
Recitation. The Emperor and the Widow Helene Darling
Rev. James Yeames
Music. My Sweetheart Three Parts, Minor
F. A Lyman.
Recitation. A Legend of Service Henry Van Dyke
Music.
(b)
The Bird Let Loose
Boys' Semi-Chorus
Essay. The Character of Theodore Roosevelt Harriet W. Bullard
Declamation. The American Boy
John K. Fleming
Violin Solo. Mazurka Esther Reid Marion E. Young, Accompanist
Mlynarski
Recitation. The Bell Buoy Rudyard Kipling
Lucile E. Lloyd
Karoline D. Nielsen
(a)
God is My Strong Salvation
Beethoven.
T. Roosevelt
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Music.
(a)
The Country Pedlar
(b) Compliments
Old English Ballad C. E. Boyd
Girls' Voices
Recitation. (a) Lonesome (b) Wadin' in de crick A. Roy Reid
P. L. Dunbar
Music. Piano Solo
(a)
Deux Polonaise
Chopin
Whelpley
(b) Album Leaf Americo Chaves Presentation of Diplomas
Music. Now the Music Soundeth
Full Chorus]
CLASS OF 1909.
Charles F. H. Allen Maria C. Allen Eva Alsen
Agnes Hurley
Walter K. Hutchinson, Jr
Warren L. Ilsley
Dorothy Bacon
Johnston Irwin
Ellsworth L. Baker
Florence M. Joseph
Edwin R. Balser
John B. Keaney
Wensley Barker
Edward Kelley
Louise A. Bateman
Grace Kelly
J. Philip Bower Ida M. Bowman
A. Allen Kimball
Marjorie G. Brooks
Gerard B. Ladd
Harriet W. Bullard Marion Bullard
Lucille E. Lloyd
Mary E. Burke Michael J. Canniff
Lulu J. Lynchi
William L. Carroll ,
Kenneth L. MacLean
Teresa Cashman
Helen A. Mahoney
Daniel L. McCarthy
Mary E. McDonald
Joseph A. Chisholm
James Meagher Elizabeth Melly
Eunice A. Clare Helen M. Clifford John Cody Ruth C. Coolidge Robert P. Cook
Alice T. Murphy
Chloe K. Cousens
Lewis H. Cousens
Cornelius P. Cronin
J. Harry Patterson
Marion C. Cronin
Sherman H. Peppard John M. Perley Eva M. Power
George C. Currier Helene Darling Aline Devereaux Doris Devereaux
Katherine E. Read
A. Roy Reid Esther Reid
Mary L. Donnelly Leroy J. Duff George J. Duncan
Wendell G. Reycroft
Helen F. Richards
Louis W. Ross
A. Edward Rowse Winifred A. Ryan
D. Wilbur Emus Harlan A. Eveletlı John K. Fleming
Joseph P. F. Merrick Lucile Morse
Karoline D. Nielsen
Thomas O'Keefe Hazel Parsons
Margaret E. McGreevy
Dorothy A. Chambers Perley Chapman Americo Chaves
Robert J. Kelly
Dennis Lawton
George H. Lowe
E. S. Hosmer
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Florence S. Ganong Elizabeth A. Gardner Mary Gillespie Mildred D. Greene
William J. Salter
Ida E. Scheib
Donald B. Scully
George A. Stevens
Elsie C. Gustafson
Ralph A. Stiles
Thomas A. Hallice Dana W. Hardy Florence A. Hill Helen D. Hill
Agnes C. Sullivan Gertrude S. Turnbull
W. Fletcher Tuttle Katharine E. Viets
Loretta M. Hoar
Doris I. Whitten.
Harold W. Holt
Ruth S. Winslow
Osgood W. Holt
Albert Wunderlich
John Horrocks
Marion E. Young
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER.
ARLINGTON, MASS., Jan. 1, 1910.
Mr. John F. Scully, Superintendent of Schools :-
Dear Sir : - I herein present my Fourth Annual Report as Truant Officer of the Town of Arlington, Mass., for year ending December 31, 1909.
Number of calls 225
Number of truants 36
Kept home by sickness 150
Taken to school 13
No one at home when officer called 8
Kept at home by parents.
34
Kept at home for lack of clothes 10
Respectfully submitted,
WMr. T. CANNIFF,
Truant Officer.
150
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
ARLINGTON, MASS., Jan. 1, 1910. Mr. John F. Scully Superintendent of Schools :-
I herewith submit my report as school physician for the year ending December 31, 1909.
The total number of pupils examined is 1228. Of these 42 were temporarily excluded from school, for the following causes : One each were suffering from stye, tonsillitis, and fracture of the fore- arm; one had been intimately exposed to diphtheria ; two each had chicken pox, impetigo contagiosa, nausea, conjunctivitis and suspi- cious sore throat; two refused or persistently neglected to be vac- cinated or to furnish a physician's certificate of physical disability ; three had itch and three whooping cough; and there were twenty cases of pediculosis. There have been fewer cases of contagious diseases than last year, and every care is exercised by the teachers and myself to detect mild cases which have not been recognized as really ill at all. Most parents are, I think, considerate of the well- fare of others and their own as well in keeping at home any child which they have the least reason to think has any communicable disease. Just enough carelessness exists to seem to prove the rule
On two occasions during the year mild cases of scarlet fever, have been found to be regularly attending school. In both cases the school building was temporarily closed and fumigation and dis- infection was carried out by the Board of Health on a large scale. Although we were fearful of an outbreak, the prompt and vigorous methods employed won the day, and not one subsequent case arose.
I feel that during the year all connected with the schools have worked together with me with a single object in view, the good of the schools of the town from a sanitary and medical point of view
Respectfully, CHARLES F. ATWOOD, M. D. School Physician.
REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE LOCKE SCHOOL EXTENSION.
To the Town of Arlington :-
The Committee appointed at the Town Meeting of March, 1908, to procure plans and estimates for an extension to the Locke School, and later reappointed to build the proposed extension, has com- pleted its duties and submits the following report.
The committee organized on the evening of March 20, 1908, the actual work of excavating for the foundation was begun in July of the same year, and the building was practically completed in season for the opening of school in September, 1909. During this time the Committee held over forty meetings of record, besides numer- ous informal meetings at the building and elsewhere. A public meeting was held at the Heights, with stereoptican views, and the stereoptican was also effectively used at the adjourned Town Meet- ing, in the Spring of 1908.
Twelve competitive bids for the general contract were received, but none were within the amount set aside by the Committee for this purpose, and consequently all were rejected. Changes in the plans and specifications were then made and submitted to the lowest three bidders, and of the new bids that of the O. B. Marston Co. was the lowest, and that company was awarded the contract. Com- petitive bids were also received on the other contracts and same were finally awarded as follows : heating, W. B. Ross; plumbing, David Craig ; electric clocks, Blodgett Clock Company ; electrical appliances, Barnes-Pope Electric Company; grading, Michael Kelly. The architects were Gay & Proctor.
The financial statement is as follows :-
APPROPRIATIONS.
For preliminary plans, estimates, etc., $ 500 00 For erecting building. 48,000 00
For grading new play-ground. 400 00
$48,900 00
.
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BUILDING COMMITTEE
EXPENDITURES.
General building contract, etc. $37,151 18
Heating. 4,043 45
Plumbing 1,700 30
Electrical work, clocks, phones and bells,
948 45
Grading, engineering, water and sewer connections, etc. 1,316 94
Furnishings and window shades.
1,620 75
Insurance . 230 00
Preliminary plans, estimates, and archi- tects fees. 1,768 84
$48,779 91
Unexpended balance.
$ 120 09
Amount paid by the Town for additional play-ground was .. $ 4,250 00
Amount paid for addition to Building as above. 48,779 91
Total cost of addition and grounds. $53 029 91
The sanitaries for the new addition are located on the ground floor in central building away from the class rooms, and rooms have also been provided in this central building for the sanitaries which are now located in the basement of the old building. The commit- tee strongly recommends that the Town make arrangements to have these sanitaries transferred to the new location as soon as possible.
Dedicatory exercises were held on Tuesday evening, October 19th, 1909, in the new assembly hall, and about five hundred resi- dents of the town were present.
Respectfully, FRANK W. HODGDON, JACOB R. ESTABROOK, PETER SCHWAMB, JOSEPH C. HOLMES, EDWARD W. GOODWIN.
Committee.
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BUILDING COMMITTEE
DEDICATION OF LOCKE SCHOOL EXTENSION. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, MASS. Tuesday Evening, October 19, 1909, Eight o'clock. EXERCISES. Schutt.
Piano Solo. Capriccioso
Miss Elizabeth K. Maley
Invocation.
Rev. John G. Taylor
Song.
Old Sweet Summer Wind
Annie Laurie Grade Eight, Locke School
Delivery of Keys E. W. Goodwin, for the Building Committee
Acceptance of Building and Transfer to School Board J. Howell Crosby, Chairman of Board of Selectmen
Acceptance of Building for the School Board Frederick A. Bisbee, D. D., Chairman
Violin Solo. To a Wild Rose. Mc Dowell.
Miss Elizabeth Holt.
The New Education. John F. Scully, Superintendent of Schools.
Piano Solo. Voices of Spring. Miss Maley.
Sinding.
Address. Frederick W. Hamilton, D.D., LL.D. President of Tufts College and Member State Board of Education.
Song. (a) For Right is Right. (b) There's a Beautiful Flag. Grade Eight, Locke School.
Presentation of Flag. J. R. Estabrook.
Acceptance of Flag. Thomas H. Barnes, Principal.
Salute to the Flag.
Locke School.
Song. America.
Locke School and the Audience.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROBBINS: LIBRARY.
To the Town of Arlington :-
The Trustees of the Robbins Library submit their annual report .. The circulation of books shows a loss of 241,-44,887 for 1909 as against 45,128 for 1908, and in the Children's Room 12,506 for 1909 as against 12,779 for 1908, a loss of 273. The average daily attendance in the Children's Room has decreased from 30 to 24 ;. that of the Reading Room shows a loss of 49 as against 55 in 1908. The stack room continues to be used by students and scholars, but. we note a gain in the number of books taken home for examina- tion,-30,145 as against 29,980 for 1908, and 2,908 periodicals. against 3,016 for 1908, a loss of 108.
We have continued to keep books at Arlington Heights, as well as a small supply for the Arlington Heights Study Club. During 1909, 1,091 were delivered as against 792 in 1908.
The long felt need of better accommodations for the branch lib- rary at the Heights has been realized by the kindness of the School Committee in permitting us temporarily to occupy one of the un- used rooms in the Locke School house, a favor greatly appreciated by the citizens of the Heights. But the removal to this improved and very desirable location only accentuates the need of a larger- outlay upon the branch library.
A greater number of reference books, periodicals and other literature should be kept there, and made accessible by the more. frequent, and perhaps, daily opening of the library. There is no law of the mind which restricts the desire for knowledge to those. hours when the branch library is open. But to increase these facilities and meet the requirements of this rapidly growing sec- tion of the Town, a much larger income will be needed. The ex- pense already incurred has materially reduced the funds available. for books at the Library in the Centre, and nothing more can be- done for the Heights until a larger income is obtained.
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TRUSTEES ROBBINS LIBRARY
We have completed the re-wiring of the Library and made other necessary repairs.
The Trustees regret to call attention to the defective condition of the roof of the Library, which leaks badly at times around the skylights, owing to faulty construction. Temporary repairs have not remedied the evil and a large expenditure will be necessary before the roof is made tight.
The Library has been enriched by gifts of books from State Street Trust Co., Mrs. E. C. Turner, Emmet Densmore, M.D., Geo. L. Raymond, Dr. Nathan E. Wood, Mrs. Harry G. Porter. The editors of the Advocate have continued to send us a file of that paper.
At a special meeting of the Trustees on the 18th of November, the following By-laws were adopted :
ARTICLE 1. The Trustees shall meet annually at the Library on the first Monday in March, to choose a Chairman and Secretary, also to transact any other business that may legally come before them. They shall hold stated meetings on the first Monday of every month.
ARTICLE 2. The Secretary shall keep a fair record of all the proceedings of the Trustees, and shall notify the Trustees of the time of holding their meetings.
ARTICLE 3. The Trustees shall appoint a Librarian, shall have all books in the Library kept in repair, shall make all purchases of books, shall pass upon all bills against the Library, shall examine the books annually, and make a report of their condition to the Town.
ARTICLE 4. The Librarian shall keep a full and accurate cata- logue open to inspecton of all books belonging to the Library, shall deliver books to such persons as are entitled to use them, shall keep a record of the time of delivering and returning each book, shall report to the Trustees all injuries done to books, shall collect all fines and pay the same to the Town Treasurer before the first day of January in each year.
ARTICLE 5. The use of the Library and Reading Room shall be free to all residents of the Town, of suitable age ; but any person may be forbidden such use for carelessness or misconduct.
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ARTICLE 6. Any person temporarily living in town may use the Library on the same conditions as residents, provided that before taking books he shall furnish a satisfactory guaranty, or deposit with the Librarian the sum of three dollars.
ARTICLE 7. The Library and Reading Room shall be open to the public upon such days and during such hours as may be fixed from time to time by the Trustees. The Trustees shall regu- late the use of the Library and the distribution of books.
Exhibitions of photographs, etc., have been given in addition to those reported hitherto :
January. No. 92. Exhibit of New Zealand.
February. No. 93. Exhibit of Portraits of the Hundred Most Eminent Men of all time.
February and March. No. 94. Corot, Part II.
March and April. No. 95. Exhibit of Eighteenth Century Color Prints.
April and May. No. 96. Exhibit up the Rhine.
May. No. 97. Rise of Sculpture, Part I.
May and June. No. 98. Rise of Sculpture, Part II.
June and July. No. 99. Modern American Sculpture.
July. No. 100. Yosemite Valley.
September. No. 101. Japan, No. 3., Nikko.
October and November. No. 102. Song of Hiawatha.
November. No. 103. Thirteen Plates of Birds by John James Audubon.
November and December. No. 104. Famous Pictures, No. 6.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL C. BUSHNELL, E. NELSON BLAKE, CYRUS E. DALLIN, CHARLES A. KEEGAN, JAMES P. PARMENTER, ARTHUR J. WELLINGTON,
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, 7 to 9 P. M. Book Room and Children's Room. 10 to 12 A. M., 1 to 6 P. M.
WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY .- Reading Room and Book Room, 10 to 12 A. M., 1 to 9 P. M. Children's Room, 10 to 12 A. M., 1 to 6 P. M.
Library is closed on Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memo- rial Day, Seventeenth of June, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanks- giving 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 be- tween 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.
A limited number of books are now kept at the Heights Reading Room and may be circulated from there.
STATISTICS.
Volumes in the Library, January 1, 1909
23,219
Added during the year 1909 :-
Circulation and reference departments 610
Public documents, bound volumes ..
24
Arlington Heights Reading Room.
43
677
23,896
Volumes withdrawn, including duplicate public docu- ments .. 102
Volumes missing. 13
Volumes destroyed on account of contagious disease. 7
122
Volumes in the Library, December 31, 1909 23,774
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LIBRARIAN'S STATEMENT
Periodicals subscribed for.
75
Periodicals given.
16
Newspapers subscribed for.
6
Newspaper given.
1
Delivery of books and periodicals to adults for home use ..
30,145
Delivered from Children's Room.
12,506
Total, including delivery to Arlington Heights
44,887
Single numbers of periodicals delivered. 2,908
Largest delivery in one day, March 13.
434
Average daily use of the Reading Room.
49
Average daily use of the Children's Room.
24
Average Sunday use of the Reading Room.
41
Average Sunday use of the Children's Room.
37
New names registered during the year ..
542
Volumes in Arlington Heights Reading Room, Dec. 31, 1909.
686
Periodicals subscribed for.
23
Books and periodicals received by basket from Central Library in 1909 ..
2,236
Periodicals delivered belonging to Arlington Heights Reading Room.
1,421
Books temporarily loaned from Central Library, delivered from Arlington Heights Reading Room.
1,091
Average daily use of Arlington Heights Reading Room.
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