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Science
Donald G. Green. B. of M. (1958)
Music and Health
Robert T. Hackett, B.A., M.A.Ed. (1957)
Industrial Arts, Head of Dept. Social Studies
Hazel W. Hunt, A.B., M.Ed. (1949) Helen R. Knight, B.S.E., Ed.M. (1946) English, Head of Dept.
Donald J. Lovely, A.B. (1957) Social Studies and Mathematics
Wilma Messina, B. of M.E. (1959) Edward J. O'Gorman, B.S.Ed. (1957)
Music and English Industrial Arts
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Science
Social Studies Home Economics
Gale M. Webber, B.S. (1956)
E. Jane Reed, B.S.Ed., Ed.M., C.A.G.S. (1958)
Dorothy B. Rice, A.B. (1949) Ann K. Roewer, B.S.Ed. (1952) Richard F. Scire, B.S.Ed. (1959) M. Phyllis Spencer, B.S.Ed. (1957) Mathematics and Business Train. Gennaro H. Tempone, A.B. (1960) Forrest L. Troop, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1956) Alice Allen Welch, B.S.Ed., M. in H.E (1950) Home Ec., Head of Dept. John W. White, Jr., B.S. (1958) James H. Woolaver, Jr., B.S.Ed. (1957) Mathematics, Head of Dept. Mathematics French and English
French and English Guidance
Physical Education
Math. and Social Studies
Birch Meadow School
Dennis F. Murphy, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1953)
Supervising Principal
John R. Burns, B.S.J. (1960)
Grade 6
A. Josephine Berry, B.S.Ed. (1944)
Grade 1
Donald B. Farnham, B.S. (1955)
Grade 6
Jane Gorrie, A.B. (1957)
Grade 3
Marion L. Kenison, A.B., M.Ed. (1957)
Grade 4
Barbara C. Maloy, B.S. (1960)
Grade 1
Marie F. McDonald, B.S.Ed. (1958)
Grade 2
Marylyn Mulcahy, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Maureen E. O'Keefe, B.A. (1960) Josephine Pardue, B.S. (1957) Priscilla Pierianowicz, A.B., Ed.M. (1957)
Grade 6
E. Lorraine Pulson, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1947)
Grade 6
Dorothy W. Stackpole, B.S.Ed. (1958) Catherine D. Stuart, B.S.Ed. (1958)
Grade 4
Norma L. Taylor, B.A. (1957)
Grades 2 and 3
Florence A. Wood, Salem Normal (1956)
Grade 1 Grade 5
Ronald L. Wood, B.S.Ed. (1960) Rose Lentini, A.B., Ed.M. (1958)
Special Education
Highland School
R. Hilda Gaffney, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1941)
Supervising Principal
Jean W. Bennett, Salem T. C. (1955)
Grade 5
Dorothy Burgess, Lesley School (1926)
Grade 3
Ruth B. Carroll, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 6
Daisy W. Castine, Salem T. C. (1956)
Grade 2
Mary L. Cawley, B.S.Ed. (1958)
Grade 6
Catherine Chipman, Lowell T. C. (1943)
Grade 2
Velma Eastman, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Edna E. Hendershot, Plymouth T. C. (1957) Irene Montigny, B.A. (1955)
Grade 5
Louise Spracklin, B.S.Ed. (1957)
Grade 3
Helen M. Thebideau, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Grade 4
Marion Weagle, B.S.E. (1946)
Grade 1
Pauline Wilson, B.S. (1960)
Grade 5
Joshua Eaton School
Eleanor M. Skahill, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1943)
Supervising Principal
Doris S. Forbes, Plymouth T.C. (1947)
Anne Baker, Connecticut T.C. (1954) Janet R. Bringola, B.S.Ed. (1958)
Asst. Principal and Grade 5 Grade 2 Grade 4
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Grade 5
Grade 3
Grade 2
Grade 1
Bertha S. Cox, Salem T.C. (1957) Shirley Crompton, B.S.Ed. (1955) Marcia Fowler, B.S.Ed. (1959) Margaret H. Keene, B.S.Ed. (1959) Carolyn J. Kirmes, B.S.Ed. (1958) Helena A. Markham, Framingham T.C. (1934) George T. Meeham, B.A.(1960) Helen B. Morgan, Lowell Normal (1953)
Grade 1 Grade 4 Grade 2
Grade 4
Grade 1
Grade 3
Grade 6
Charles Papandreou, A.B. (1960)
Grade 6
Elaine Papandreou, A.B. (Nov. 1960)
Grade 3
Grade 6 at JHS
Grade 6
Irene Royea, Aroostook County Normal (1928)
Grade 2
Charles W. Saben, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1960)
Grade 5
Kaye Sanborn, B.A. (1956)
Grade 5
Marion E. Saylor, A.B. (1960)
Grade 3
Headquarters at Joshua Eaton School
Marie M. Hagman, B.M. (M.C.L.) (1954) Music Sup., Elem. Schools William E. O'Keefe, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1954)
School Adjustment Counselor
Roberta D. Thresher, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1959) Supervisor of Elem. Art
Lowell Street School
Beatrice Stasinopulos, B. S.Ed .. M.Ed. (1952) Grade 2 and Building Principal
Dorothy L. Conron, B.S.Ed. (1953)
Grade 2
Jessie L. Goddard, Bridgewater Normal (1955) Grade 3
Virginia D. Lincoln, Wheelock (1958)
Grade 1
Pearl Street School
John F. Morabito, B.S., M.A. (1954)
Supervising Principal
Mary M. Chapman, B.S.Ed. (1941)
Asst Principal and Grade 5
Marilyn G. Baskin, B.A. (1960) Grade 1
Mary Boghossian, B.S.Ed. (1956) Grade 2
Richard Burns, B.S.Ed. (1959) Grade 6
Velma Curtin, Perry Kindergarten School (1927)
Grade 2
Maya Das, M.A. (1960)
Grade 3
Frances Haskins, Aroostook State T.C. (1943)
Grade 4
Ann M. Howe, Framingham T.C. (1947)
Grades 4 and 5 Grade 4
Barbara J. Kutchukian, B.S.Ed. (1960)
Grade 1
Dorothy R. Payzant, B.L.I. (1953)
Grade 1
Jean M. Randlett, B.S.Sd. (Feb. 1960)
Grade 2
Norman R. Seifel, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1955)
Grade 6
Dorothy L Soar, Salem Normal (1951)
Grade 1
Helen D. Stockwell, Salem Normal (1930)
Grade 5
Frances E. Young, B.S.Ed. (1954)
Grade 3
Headquarters at Pearl Street School
Barbara Hill, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. (1949)
Supervisor of Reading
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Jean E. Jacob, B.Ed. (1955)
Grade 1
Edward M. Reynolds, B.S.Ed. (1959) Gloria S. Rosenthal, B.S.Ed. (1955)
Prospect Street School
Herbert Baron, B.S.Ed., Ed.M. (1955) Building Principal and Grade 4 Frances A. Flaherty, B.S.Ed. (1958) Grade 3 Grace Gifford
Grade 1
Alberta R. Mathieson, Salem T.C. (1924)
Grade 2
SCHOOL SECRETARIES
Jean S. Underhill, Secretary to the Principal
Reading Memorial High School
Ethel M. Gallagher, Guidance Department Clerk
Reading Memorial High School
Pauline McDonough, School Secretary
Reading Memorial High School
Lorraine Andersen
Parker Junior High School
Elizabeth Brush
Isabelle H. Hull
Parker Junior High School Pearl Street School Highland School
Evelyn Lazenby
Office of Director of Health
Edna M. Southard
Birch Meadow School
Dorothy L. Wardrope
Joshua Eaton School
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS
Radio announcement, when possible, over WNAC, WEEI, WBZ and WLAW between 7:00 and 7:45 a.m. Fire alarm 2-2-2 repeated three times at 7:15 a. m., for the High School; 7:30 a. m., for the Junior High, and 7:45 a. m., for elementary schools.
CAFETERIAS Lois C. Piper, Supervisor
Obeline Arsenault, Manager
Mary Bacigalupo
Elizabeth Bates, Manager
Caroline Baxter (part time)
Helen Beaman Margaret Campbell
Elsiemae Collins, Manager
Evelyn Davis, Manager Genevieve Demenkow
Freda Doherty (part time)
Dorothy Erickson Beatrice Flanagan Edna Frazier
Edith French, Manager
Helen Harris (part time) Florence Harvey Mae C. Kimball Alice MacMillan Johnena Matthews
Evelyn Mullen, Manager
Ann Vickery (part time) Esther Williams
Pearl Street School Birch Meadow School Highland School Joshua Eaton School Reading Memorial High School Parker Junior High School Parker Junior High School Birch Meadow School Reading Memorial High School Pearl Street School Joshua Eaton School Parker Junior High School Reading Memorial High School Joshua Eaton School Joshua Eaton School Birch Meadow School Reading Memorial High School Highland School Pearl Street School Reading Memorial High School Reading Memorial High School Parker Junior High School
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Clarice D. Hynes
CUSTODIANS AND MATRONS Roderick E. Macdonald, Supervisor of Maintenance
Brogan, Roy, Head Custodian
Bailey, Richard
Pearl Street School Birch Meadow School
Crawford, William J., Custodian and Night Watchman
Reading Memorial High School
Doucette, Bernard
Gibson, Fred B.
Reading Memorial High School Parker Junior High School
Gromyko, Henry
Harrison, Edward F.
Joshua Eaton School Birch Meadow School
Hubbard, Herman, Custodian and Night Watchman
Lasky, Ronan J.
MacMillan, Frank
Meuse, Theresa M., Matron
Miller, John
Mitchell, Frank
Reading Memorial High School Highland School Pearl Street School Reading Memorial High School
Petroni, Joseph
Riessle, Fred, Head Custodian
Serrentino, Vincent
Thornton, Margaret, Matron
Vars, Robert A., Head Custodian
White, Daniel J.
White, Walter E.
Young, Elmer E., Head Custodian
Young, Louis
Reading Memorial High School Parker Junior High School
SCHOOL ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for admission to Grade 1 a child must have reached the age of five years and eight months on or before August 31st of the entering year. No provision is made for examination.
Upon entering school each child is required to present a birth certifi- cate and a certificate of vaccination, or in the case of unsuccessful vac- cination, a statement from a doctor certifying that three attempts to vaccinate have been made, all of which have proved to be unsuccessful.
Registration of children entering school in September is held in the different schools during the month of May, announcement of exact time appearing in The Reading Chronicle a week or two before registration.
SCHOOL CLINICS
Dental Clinic - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Joshua Eaton School - 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Immunization Clinic - Annually by appointment
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Lowell and Prospect Street Schools Parker Junior High School All Schools Highland School Joshua Eaton School Reading Memorial High School Parker Junior High School
Nichols, Stuart
Reading Memorial High School Joshua Eaton School General Maintenance All Schools
READING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES June 15, 1960
PROCESSIONAL MARCH High School Band
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Led by Class President, Ralph Lawrence
STAR SPANGLED BANNER Key-Smith Audience, Senior Class, and Band
PRAYER The Reverend John Snook
SALUTATORY "Philosophy of a Young Girl" Mary Ellen Bode
ESSAY - "Socrates and Modern Education Bradford Perry, Faculty Honors
ESSAY - "Science - The New Trend in Education
Carol Monterisi, Class Honors
ESSAY - "Next Step - College"
Daniel Stewart, Class Honors
ESSAY - "The Arts - The Key to World Understanding" Craig Brandt, Faculty Honors
SPECIAL ESSAY - "My Stay in America" Charlotte Omes, Exchange Student from Luxembourg
VALEDICTORY How Frequently the Last Time Comes and We Do Not Know" William Reed
SCHOLASTIC HONORS Announced by William W. Rodgers, Principal Presented by Newell Morton, School Board Member
CONFERRING DIPLOMAS Paul Bergholtz, Chairman School Board
BENEDICTION RECESSIONAL MARCH
The Reverend John Snook
High School Band
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CANDIDATES FOR DIPLOMAS
George K. Adams Bradford C. Adler
Rebecca R. Alexander
Carolyn R. Anderson
Clifford D. Ash
Clifford W. Baker, Jr.
Brenda M. Balestrier Dennis W. Balog
Mark J. Barry
Catherine E. Bates
Sidney A. Bates
Carol L. Baxter
Anthony J. Dileso Susan J. Doherty Gail E. Dolben
Katharine M. Beckert
Jane B. Downs
Edna M. Beighley
Diane M. Driscoll
Wendell A. Berry, Jr.
Dianne B. Drozek
Mark E. Bertelsen
Eulalie A. Drury
Madeline F. Bigelow
John A. Duggan
Linda E. Bingham
Richard E. Dunn
Ronald L. Blake
Dorothy M. Blanchard
Mary Ellen Bode
Georgia B. Bostwick
Edwin F. Bottelsen
D. Stanwood Everett, Jr.
Donna-Lane Boudreau
Charles E. Falkenstrom, Jr
Patricia R. Boudreau
Nancyjane Fellows
E. Priscilla Bowen
Vincent J. Fierro
Craig M. Brandt
Barbara A. Flanagan
David R. Brown
Harold W. Flight, Jr.
Frederick O. Brown
Gail P. Florence
Leonard H. Brown
Donald M. Forsberg
Heie Buenting Mildred E. Cann
Jane W. Foye
Philemon P. Carleton III
Barbara A. Franklin
Donna J. Carlow
L. Paul Galante
David L. Carroll
Anne L. Gilman Peter M. Gillon
Karen Carter William F. Cashman
William E. Glynn
Joan M. Cavanaugh
Robert L. Godfrey
Theodore H. Chambers, Jr.
Evelyn A. Gonzalo
Marilyn J. Christensen
Roy H. Goodearl
Sharon A. Christenson
John P. Govostes
Rufus E. Clark Cedric A. Colbert
Gary R. Graf James B. Grant
Howard L. Cootey
Carol E. Halfyard
Barbara J. Cramer
Edward L. Hall III
Janet R. Crowell
James A. Hall
Sandra L. Cullinane Janice A. Cullington
Linda E. Hanley
Peter B. Harrington
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Carol A. Curtis Robert L. Cutler Ann S. Dalton Richard P. Dalton Elizabeth A. Davis Nancy L. Davis Anne M. DeLong Theresa A. Dergay Priscilla A. Dewey
Judith A. DiCesare
June M. Beane
Carol A. Durrell Edgar A. Elliott Jill B. Emerson Marjorie A. Enos
Alan K. Fowler
Judith C. Harvey Claire A. Hatfield Carole A. Hathaway Charlotte E. Herald Barbara A. Hermann Jean F. Holden Judith A. Hopkins Bradford J. Howard Gerald F. Hoyt
Richard F. Hoyt, Jr.
Michard H. Moody
John E. Hubbard William J. Hunnefeld Edna A. Hunt
Mary F. Moore Wayne Mossberg Joan E. Mulley
Deborah A. Johnson
William A. Mulley, Jr.
Edward A. Johnson
Susan E. Murphy
James E. Johnson
George W. Muse, Jr.
Kenneth D. Myhre
Nancy Nichols
M. Wayne Nicholson
Robert A. Nickerson, Jr.
Carolyn M. Kehoe
Richard D. Norton
John P. Kelleher John W. Kidder
May E. O'Reilly
Glenn A. Kittredge
Sandra J. Orton
Paul C. Klimas
Abbot L. Packard
John J. Koslouski, Jr.
Anne T. Packard
Marilyn R. Lake
Carol J. Page
Andrew V. Lamborghini
Roy F. Parsons
Donald J. Lane
David N. Paul
Louise V. Lassieur
Bradford K. Perry
Ralph G. Lawrence
Robert J. Petrucci
Robert E. Lee Robert P. Livingston
Frances A. Platt
William E. Locke, Jr.
Marcia A. Poock Cynthia M. Power
Charles W. Lowell, Jr.
Harvey C. Rand III
William F. Lynch Virginia M. Lyon
Beverly A. Reardon
Judith J. MacDonald Jean L. MacHardy Robert Mackay
Brenda L. Redfern William P. Reed, Jr.
Geraldine Regan Carol A. Richards Laura A. Richards
Carol S. MacKellar John H. Mackenzie Sheila C. Maguire Lynda Mallett D. Michael Maloy Gail A. Marble Eileen I. March Richard N. Martin
Robert W. Martin Jane A. McCormack Stephen E. MiCoy Robert J. MrHardy C. Christian McKeehan Jan G. Merrill Daniel E. Merritt
Everett G. Milley
Carol A. Monterisi
Karen A. Johnson
William H. Johnson
Jane Jordan Jeffrey E. Kean Henry J. Keenan
Theodore M. Nigro, Jr.
Robert J. Kelleher
Margaret M. O'Brien
Charlotte Omes
Linda Pierpont
Stuart F. Richards, Jr. Susanne Richards Barbara A. Riessle Janice E. Riley Jacqueline M. Rixon Robert A. Rose
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Donna M. Runge Albert G. Salois David R. Sanborn Nancy E. Saylor Richard A. Saylor Carol J. M. Scavongelli Joyce A. M. Scavongelli Rita G. Schneider
John P. Stosez
Joel S. Strasnick Charles H. Strout, Jr. Richard M. Sullivan
Betty Sue Swain Alan D. Tasker George P. Taylor
G. William Tennett, Jr. Niels N. Trulson
Ann M. A. Sebeika Edward A. Sias Judith E. Sias
Paul H. Turner
Edward W. Vacon
Lynda D. Simms
Arthur P. Venditti
Deborah J. Slocombe
Joyce M. Vercammen
Jane E. Snook
Ruth A. Walker
Sandra M. Spillane
Donna M. Ward
Nancy L. Squibb
Dennis E. Weadick
Stanley A. Staples
Charles B. Weeks, Jr.
James A. Stevenson
Cynthia M. Weeks
Daniel E. Stewart
John E. Wilkinson, Jr.
Margaret A. Stewart
Samantha M. Wright
Robert L. Stillings
Gayle A. Young
Lyle M. Stockbridge Jeffrey E. Stone
Paul W. Young
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93d Annual Report
A Growing Problem
Board of Trustees
Reading Public Library
Circulation figures over the past year may be interpreted as an in- dication of the Reading Public Library's growing problem: - That it continues to outgrow available housing space.
This is no recent conclusion reached by your Board of Library Trustees, as previous reports show. The rate of growth over the past few years has cast an unmistakable shadow across the path of town de- velopment. There must be an expanded program, if the town is to keep pace with the needs that confront a public library in an age of speeded communications.
Steps to meet this situation have been in order.
1. The listing of an impending expense for new library facilities in the reports of the Capital Expenditures Planning Committee.
2. The establishment of a study committee wih instructions to report on immediate and long-range needs of the Public Library and proposals for meeting them.
3. A slowing down in the public relations program in order to curb further increase in library patronage and minimize the problem for the present.
The overcrowded reading rooms during the evening hours became a major puzzle during the months that school was in session. While many high school pupils came to the Library to do necessary reference, others came to use the reading room as a study hall, and still others came only for the social contacts. Crowding, and resultant confusion, became irksome to adult patrons and there were instances when dis- ciplinary measures had to be taken to keep any semblance of decorum.
Circulation statistics seemed to reflect the situation. Mounting book-borrowing figures and parallel growth in services called forth speculation over the effect that sustained increase might have on the budget; not only for books and other materials but also for personnel to carry the expanded work load.
As attendance of the high school group increased during evening hours, it was noted that adult attendance and circulation began to de. cline and it became clearly evident that the burgeoning patronage by the youth group was driving out the elder generation which wanted a rest- ful atmosphere.
The Trustees voted a ban on student use of the reading room tables during evening hours, basing the action on the following contentions:
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1. That students, for the most part, could use the Library during the afternoon.
2. That reference material at the high school library was ade- quate to meet most student needs.
3. That special arrangements could be made through the school office where students did not have free afternoons or where special reference material was required.
4. That it is not the place of the Public Library to furnish a study hall for the use of pupils who are using their regular textbooks and could just as well do their studying at home.
5. That the Library is for the use of the entire community and that adults should be encouraged to visit during their spare time - which is largely during evening hours.
It was specially noted at the time that the Library was not closed entirely to high school students during the evening. The open shelves were still available for borrowing and it was still possible to withdraw books. The ban was on the use of tables for study.
Since this decision was put into effect, there have been noted these results:
1. Very few protests were presented to the Librarian or Trustees by pupils or parents.
2. Pupils with serious study to do are using the afternoon hours.
3. Apparently more use is being made of the reference collection at the high school library.
4. Circulation in the Public Library's youth collection has con- tinued to increase and the adult use of the reading room, along with the circulation of adult literature, has again moved upward.
The Trustees feel that this arrangement can be only temporary and that it is desirable that the full use of the library be available to all patrons during all the scheduled hours.
The circulation figures continue to show wider use of the Library (except in the children's room) and it would appear that additional library service cannot be furnished unless there is additional housing and operational facilities.
At present there is enough room for book storage - but it is filling up at a rapid rate. Staff quarters are far too cramped to allow for ade- quate service. The back-stage facilities in a public library are es- sential, if books are to be launched into an orbit controlled circulation. There must be office and workroom space as well as supply storage and an area for receiving and shipping. This latter feature becomes quite necessary if there is a forward look to bookmobile or branch library op- erations and continued cooperative circulation of collections to elemen- tary schools.
Departmentalization enters the reading room through the develop- ment of service in phonorecordings, use of microfilm for newspapers and documents, film strips, availability of motion picture reels, and even segregation of reference and periodical materials from other types of literature.
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In planning the additional space for such services there arises the question of restoring what our Library originally had but which was lost when space began to run out many years ago - a small conference hall, often called an all-purpose room. Library planners and adminis- trators still consider this feature an important part of the institution where it can serve as a meeting place for civic groups, for sponsorship of cultural programs of a non-commercial and non-political nature. An exhibition room with proper display space and lighting, so that it can accommodate art and handcraft exhibits, is likewise held a desirable function of this all-purpose center.
The extent of this suggested planning goes beyond present physical needs in some respects but it seems essential that the long-range view be emphasized. The so-called Master Plan, now being studied for fu- ture town development, has just as much meaning for the Library as for any other department in that it urges preparation for municipal ser- vices over an extended future. It may well be documented, by citing past experience, that it is less costly in the long run and of decided benefit to civic morale and satisfaction.
Of interest to all citizens should be the state aid for public libraries enacted by the 1960 Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in November. Under this act a portion of the income tax receipts will be distributed to cities and towns for aid to the public libraries. It is in- tended that this should be in addition to amounts already being spent and not that it shall be used as general funds to reduce the tax rate.
Several standards have been set for a community to meet in order to receive this aid and Reading is well within them.
These standards offer a bit of implementation for the book selection policy adopted by the Reading Board of Library Trustees during the past year. This policy recognizes the need of some patrons for spe- cialized books but also notes that it often is not practical to stock ma- terials of highly specialized content, because of limited demand and use, and that the high cost is difficult to justify. Broadening of the inter-library loan system should make possible more opportunity for the securing of such items for local borrowers and when the provi- sions of the regional library setup are in operation there will be additional opportunity for individuals to make use of collections in nearby libraries. In the meantime the local library will continue to seek to aid borrowers through inter-library loan connections. In past years this has been done, as reference to the Librarian's statistical re- port will show, but there have been some libraries that would not par- ticipate in the system. They must be willing to participate now, if they desire to benefit under the state aid act. Your Board of Library Trustees has taken a closer interest in the development of libraries and library services in the town's schools and has conferred with school officials and personnel in order to improve institutional communications.
As the Reading Public Library approaches its centennial it is significant to note that the institution was established under the suggestion and encouragement of the School Committee which set aside a room in the then new high school building to be occupied by a public library.
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The trend toward school libraries has been strengthened in recent years and it is important that liaison between the public library and the school counterparts be strengthened along with it. We see in our circulation figures a need for this sort of co-operative tie.
The circulation in the children's room has remained static during the past year while total circulation has gone up. It is evident from the records that the children in the parts of town more distant from the Library have not the frequent access to the books that is afforded those living nearer the center of town. To extend library benefits to those children is one of the planning problems. The answer may lie in book- mobile, branch library, or some other means of distribution. When new quarters for library facilities are provided, this aspect must be faced and a solution offered.
Your Board of Trustees takes an active interest in the meetings of the Massachusetts Library Trustees Association and at the fall meeting of that organization William H. Diamond was elected treasurer. This group now has close ties with the Massachusetts Library Association, made up of professional workers, and in this organization your Librar- ian, Joseph J. Schmuch, sits with the board of directors and manages its public relations problems.
Representation in these organizations gives us constant views of trends in the national field. We find in this connection that there are two distinct schools of thinking about library administration:
1. To operate a public relations program, to provide new services as they become popularized through public demand, and to urge public patronage of library services.
2. To sit quietly and wait for the public to find the library and to bring no innovations to the attention of the public.
Your present Trustees prefer the more active promotional type of administration but it has been curtailed this past year since the Library's natural momentum has found the service facilities bursting at some of the seams.
As the Reading Public Library grows, attendant problems grow with it. But who would want it otherwise?
January 14, 1961
ROBERT E. STEWART, Chairman
H. IRENE LATHAM, Secretary
C. NELSON BISHOP
WILLIAM H. DIAMOND
HELEN E. CLARK SYDNEY M. HODSON
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FINANCIAL STATISTICS
Appropriation from the Town
$ 52,480.00
Trust Fund Income
1,000.00
Transfer by Finance Committee
1,895.70
Total Income
$ 55,375.70
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