Annual report of the city of Rochester, New Hampshire : for the year ending 1918, Part 13

Author: Rochester (N.H.)
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Rochester, N.H. : The Town
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MAUDE B. WENTWORTH E. VELMA FOSS ANNIE H. MCCRILLIS


JANITOR GEORGE H. JACKSON AGENCIES


NORA ELLIOTT, GEORGE H. MARSH, BERTHA E. ALLEN,


East Rochester Gonic Walnut Grove


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Trustees of Rochester Public Library, 1893-1919


Mayors of the City, Presidents of the Board, ex-officio.


Orrin A. Hoyt,


1893-1894


Robert V. Sweet, M. D.,


1895, 1916


Samuel D. Felker,


1896-1897


William G. Bradley,


1898-1899, 1902-1903,


1907-1909


Horace L. Worcester,


1900-1901


Charles W. Bickford,


1904-1906


Joseph Warren,


1910-1911


John H. Bates, M. D.,


1912


Frank B. Preston,


1913-1914


William Wright, 1915


J. Levi Meader,


1917


James B. Young,


1918


TRUSTEES ELECTED, ONE FROM EACH WARD


William W. Allen,


1893-1894


Died 1894


James Farrington, M. D., 1893-1902


Died 1902


J. Edgar McDuffee 1893-1899


Died 1900


Josiah H. Whittier,


1893-1899


Died 1899


John Young,


1893-1918


Isaac Pearl,


1894 Resigned


Charles F. Caverly,


1895-1897


Died 1897


Stephen C. Meader,


1895-1914


Died 1914


Sumner Wallace,


1897-1903


Change of residence


George L. Harrington, 1899-1905


Change of residence


Willis McDuffee,


1899-1918


Horace L. Worcester,


1902-1918


Fred P. Meader,


1903-1914, 1918


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Sidney B. Hayes,


1906-1914, 1918


J. Levi Meader,


1915-1917


Resigned 1917


Cora B. Hayes,


1915-1917


Frank B. Preston,


1915-1917


Harry H. Meader,


1917-1918


LIBRARY STAFF, 1893-1918


LIBRARIAN


Lillian E. Parshley, 1893-1918


ASSISTANTS


Hattie E. Duncan,


1894-1899


Josephine Howard,


1899-1901


Eva Stone Adams,


1899-1903


M. Gertrude Fairbanks,


1902-1905, 1906-1910 1912-1913


Ida H. Berry,


1904-1905


Grace W. Tibbetts,


1905-1912


Mildred Bassett,


1909-1912, 1914


Elizabeth L. G. Blake,


1911-1915


Myrtle J. Crocker,


1912-1914


Maude B. Wentworth,


1913-1918


E. Velma Foss,


1914-1918


Annie H. McCrillis,


1914-1918


EXTRA ASSISTANTS


Ethelyn Kimball Holland, 1901-1902


Susan M. Perkins,


1901-1902


Jeanie Kier, 1903


Grace Bickford Cobb, 1903


Belle C. Severence,


1903-1904


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Glennie Beals.


1904, 1912-1913


Louise Sanborn,


1904-1905


Sarah H. Parshley,


1905


Everett A. Roberts,


1905


Cecille Jackson Watson, 1911


Margaret Bartlett,


1911-1914


Franklin McDuffee,


1916


Marjorie Green,


1917


Louise Grant,


1918


Report of Library Trustees


To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Rochester:


GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor to present the twenty-fifth annual report of the trustees of the Roch- ester Public Library, also the librarian's and treas- urer's report for the year ending December 31, 1918.


In submitting this annual report of the trustees, memory goes back to the days of the founding of the library, twenty-five years ago, and to the Board of Trustees, who gave freely of their time to lay well the foundations of an institution that has been intellect- ually, morally and socially a benefit to our city.


Of the original members of the Board of Trustees, four, William W. Allen, James Farrington, M. D., J. Edgar McDuffee, and Josiah H. Whittier, have closed the book of life, but their works remain to bless and benefit our city.


The needs of the library are many to keep it up to the standard it has attained, the increased cost of books and periodicals and other materials and the running expenses of the library are such that your trustees have not been able to meet the demands of the public as they would like to do, as, it has always been the purpose of the trustees to keep within the appro- priation, which was $4,200. The cost of maintaining


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the branch library at Gonic, $89.22, comes out of the appropriation. In order to meet the demands of the library the trustees ask for an appropriation of not less than $4,500.


The trustees wish to acknowledge the bequest of Olive M. Woodward of $100.


The trustees wish to express their appreciation of the work done by the librarian, Lillian E. Parshley, during the twenty-five years of her service. The library is a monument to her faithfulness in her work and the city is to be congratulated on having a librarian who makes the library a part of her life.


The trustees also wish to express their appreci- ation of the courteous and efficient work which the librarian and her assistants have rendered the public during the year.


For the trustees,


JOHN YOUNG, Secretary.


Report of Librarian


To the Board of Trustees of the Rochester Public Library:


GENTLEMEN :- I herewith present the twenty-fifth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1918.


The question, as we again reach the end of a year of library history, is how little may we say and yet convey to those interested the pertinent and important facts, which should be made a matter of record. The most concise method of presenting the necessary facts, not only of this year's work but a general summary of the work for twenty-five years seems to be by the series of tables which are appended to this report and to which I hereby call your attention.


THE YEAR'S GROWTH


During the present year, 11 volumes have been destroyed or discarded; 390 volumes have been pur- chased at an expense of $531.57 an average, as you will note, of $1.36 per volume; 54 volumes of magazines have been bound, after serving their time on the read- ing tables and in circulation ; and. 354 volumes have been received as gifts. This makes a net gain of 787 and the estimated number of volumes in the library, 20,063.


BOOKS ADDED


In the purchase of books, in addition to the best


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of the war books, a few good novels and the most cheer- ful and entertaining stories to be found, as much at- tention as the finances would allow has been paid to the needs of school students, business men and women, young farmers or war gardeners and to home makers.


THE YEAR'S WORK


The deplorable decrease in the circulation is a source of much regret until one recalls the general rush for the last word from across the water, the reams of printed matter which have been literally de- voured, lest some vital thing escape the attention and beside which the most powerful and stirring imag- inative tale has seemed tame. When one remembers the busy hands of the women, the hours spent in knit- ting, sewing and all kinds of war work, the unaccus- tomed duties and cares of the period, one hardly sees how even 56,685 books could have been read or studied during the year. The decrease of 5,709 is not to be wondered at.


The agencies have each contributed their quota to the circulation of the year. Mr. Marsh reports 2,050 books given out at Gonic, Mrs. Elliott reports the circulation at East Rochester as 1,672, and the little agency established and cared for by Miss Bertha Allen at Walnut Grove has given out 407 books. The agencies as well as the main library were closed four- teen days in October during the epidemic of influenza.


This, as well as the shortening of the library day and the closing Sunday afternoon, have each had its effect on the number of readers for the year. The number as counted was 14,289. 5,751 less than re- ported last year.


4,292 of this decrease was in the children's room,


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the number of young readers during the year was 7,894. The number of books given out from this room was 15,893. Scarcity of new books and maga- zines and lack of interest in the stories which have stood the test of time are two of the problems which the assistant has to face.


Three of our young people have come splendidly to the rescue in their donations of books to this de- partment. Roland C. Foss gave 52 volumes, Richard McDuffee, 16 and Alfred Young, 11. All books which they had read and enjoyed and gladly passed on to the young readers of Rochester.


In addition to the large amount of routine work, guidance and assistance in reference work, clerical work, recopying of card catalogue and shelf list, mounting and arranging of pictures, preparation of scrap books, filing and binding pamphlets and clip- pings, an inventory of the entire library has been taken by accessions.


There has been no change in the policy of the library but an extreme effort has been made to keep the library in the minds of the people and to extend in every way possible a knowledge of its contents and use- fulness.


WAR TIME SERVICE


During this war time period the library has gladly done what it could. It has brought to the attention of visitors in various ways all government requests and information; has collected about 800 volumes for the camp libraries and sent them on to camps or to France as ordered or directly to the boys by messenger, when- ever an opportunity presented itself. It has compiled brief records of the Rochester boys in service for tem-


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porary use, pending the turning over to the library the records of the local historian; has preserved all lists and valuable material relating to Rochester's part in the war; has gladly opened its doors as a meeting place for war committees or public gatherings, and for a few months, one of the rooms was used as headquar- ters of the Home Service department of the Red Cross. It has obtained, bound and put into circulation, gov- ernment, school and college pamphlets as aids to food conservation.


GIFTS


The library has received in addition to the gen- erous contribution of books, curios, pictures, stere- oscopic views, foreign post cards, and minerals, a gift of $100 from the late Olive Maria Woodward to add to our small amount of invested funds. We sincerely wish that some of the generous citizens of Rochester would see to it, that all the available money for the benefit of mankind does not go out of Rochester, that some of it be kept at home to assist in keeping up the morale of our own boys and girls. The public library could use any amount to good advantage.


The late Mr. J. Edgar McDuffee, secretary of the Board of Trustees in 1894, said in his summing up of the first year's work, that "two things had been made apparent by the instant rush of patronage, first-that there had been a crying need of such an institution in Rochester, the other that the amount of money devoted to the enterprise was not adequate." Later Mr. Mc- Duffee said, "it would not be easy to feed the people of Rochester with the amount of money allowed for the support of the library" neither "would it be easy to


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provide good streets and sidewalks for the same price, yet with this amount we strive to furnish mental sus- tenance and to smooth to the feet the path of know- ledge."


As we trace the history of the library through the twenty-five years and note the small number of books added and the large circulation, this fact is made evi- dent again and again, the inadequacy of the supply to the demand. However from the very modest but care- ful beginnings of 1893 has grown the public library of today, an institution made possible by the people for the people, and we trust a very important factor in the civic life of Rochester, second only to the public schools. supplementing and making even these more valuable.


At this close of the twenty-fifth year, our mood should not be one of retrospection, the library is still young and has much to accomplish, the past must speak for itself, and the possibilities of the future are unending.


It is not only my privilege but my duty to speak at this time of the very important part which the assistants have played in the history of the library. There have been many assistants and their faithful and conscientious work has been not only a support but an inspiration to the librarian. I would also speak of my gratitude to the assistants of today, Miss Went- worth, Miss Foss and Miss McCrillis whose cheerful co-operation in the work of the year has never failed.


To the trustees, also the librarian would once more express her appreciation of their consideration and kindness.


Respectfully submitted,


LILLIAN E. PARSHLEY,


December 31, 1918.


Librarian.


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Summary for 1918


Volumes purchased


390


Volumes received as gifts 354


Volumes added by binding periodicals 54


Total accessions for the year


798


Destroyed by patrons


1


Discarded


10


Total loss to the library


11


Number unaccounted for by inventory by accessions


1


Net gain for the year


787


Number of accessioned volumes in the library, December 31, 1918 20,063


Number of books given out during the year :


Issued from the library 52,556


Issued from Gonic agency 2,050


Issued from East Rochester agency 1,672


Issued from Walnut Grove agency 408


Total circulation for the year


56,685


Number of days open for circulation


288


Number of books given out to teachers for school work 376


Number of books sent to agencies


2,059


Number of unbound magazines, pictures, clip- pings and pamphlets circulated 1,037


Number of readers for the year :


Adult


6,485


Juvenile 7,894


Gonic agency 483


Total number 14,379


Number of weekly and monthly periodicals provided 63


Number of periodicals provided for Gonic agency 9


CITY OF ROCHESTER


327


Number of books classified, accessioned and catalogued 798


Number of books repaired at library


6,901


Number of books rebound


253


CIRCULATION FOR 1917 AND 1918 COMPARED


1918


1917


Increase


Decrease


Fiction,


31,231


33,438


2,207


Juvenile,


15,675


18,018


2,343


Biography,


328


514


186


Periodicals,


4,167


4,607


440


General works


45


95


50


Philosophy,


136


191


55


Religion,


184


268


84


Sociology,


297


504


207


Philology,


48


54


6


Science,


261


375


114


Useful arts,


403


596


193


Fine arts


303


478


175


Literature,


863


1,174


311


History,


2,744


2,082


662


Total,


56,685


62,394


662


6,371


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ANNUAL REPORT CIRCULATION BY CLASSES


Library


East Rochester


Gonic


Walnut Grove


Total


Fiction


28,878


1,069


938


346


31,231


Juvenile.


14,355


573


730


17


15,675


Biography


324


4


328


Periodicals


3,845


310


12


4,167


General works


44


1


45


Philosophy


132


3


1


136


Religion


182


2


184


Sociology


294


2


1


297


Philology


48


48


Science


257


1


3


261


Useful arts,


392


1


10


403


Fine arts


292


1


7


3


303


Literature


857


2


4


863


History.


2,656


25


39


24


2,744


Total


52,556


1,672


2,050


407


56,685


-


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JUVENILE CIRCULATION FOR 1917 AND 1918 COMPARED


1918


1917


Increase


Decrease


Juvenile fiction


13,872


16,194


2,322


Biography


67


103


· 36


Periodicals


1,202


1,750


548


General works


Philosophy


Religion


53


47


6


Sociology


56


82


26


Philology


Science


65


90


25


Useful arts


39


86


47


Fine arts


139


150


11


Literature


101


163


62


History


299


440


141


Total


15,893


19,105


6


3,218


330


ANNUAL REPORT


ACCESSIONS, 1893-1918


Books Added


Lost or Discarded


Fiction


5,533


220


Juvenile


2,549


301


General works including Periodicals


1,871


5


Philosophy


181


1


Religion


634


1


Sociology


436


2


Philology


68


Science


490


7


Useful and fine arts


1,130


14


Literature


1,184


12


Travel and description


842


8


Biography


1,040


11


History


1,140


12


Reference


840


11


Public documents


2,730


20,668


605


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SUMMARY, 1893-1918


Appro- priations


Books


Added


Registra-


tions


Circula-


tion


Readers


Receipts,


Fines, etc.


withdr'wn


or Lost


Bequests


1893


2,429!


1894 |1,500


811 1,485


21,936


1,788|$70.70


1895 2,000


481


20,871


2,040


92.61


1896 1,500


894


25,344


2,604


80.74


15


1897 1,500


1,174


24,215


2,849


75.05


5


1898 1,200


732


26,246


2,689


89.72


14


1899 1,400


327


26,208


3,694


79.44


4


1900 1,400


738


29,296


4,197


118.02


27 $1,000


1901 1,400


780


31,036


4,567


96.71


6


1902 1,400


428


32,651


5,987


103.76


14


1903 1,500


707


30,398


6,126


120.05


15


1904 1,500


235 4,350 32,271


7,033


96.41


45


1906 2,000


374


38,020 10,149 137.79


25


1907 2,900


839


39,687


9,667 201.61


37


1908 3,000 1,369|


46,237


11,787 200.49


38


1909 3,000 1,222


46,636


11,371 197.91


32


1910 3,000


756


52,650


11,072 201.25


22


1911 3,000


452


50,960


9,212 203.88


40


1912 3,000 1,182


52,200


9,883 189.29


97


1913 3,500


532


56,114


12,238


191.26


9


1914 3,500


617


57,629


14,070


204.54


33


1915 3,600


773


68,761


19,049 208.67


24


1916 3,800


847


65,637 21,367


235.89


29


1917 4,200


696


62,394|20,040


184.07


48


1918 4,200


798|7,736 56,685 14,289


178.44


11


100


Average appropriation per year


$2,400


Average number of books added yearly


826


Average registration


483


Average circulation


40,986


15


1905 2,000


434|NR'g 30,571


5,963


108.39


Books


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ANNUAL REPORT


Smallest number of books given out any one


year 20,871


Largest number 68,761


Average number of readers yearly 8,949


Smallest number of readers any one year 1,788


Largest number 21,367


Total amount of money received in fines, book damages, etc. $3,666.69


Entire number of books worn out, lost, de- stroyed, burned or discarded 605


Entire amount of money received in the form of bequest $1,100


GIFTS FOR 1918


Beecher, Mrs. George


8 volumes


Berry, Maitland J.


3 volumes


Blackston, W. E.


1 volume


Bross Foundation


8 volumes


Carnegie Endowment


2 volumes


Chase, Mrs. Abbie McD.


periodicals, 37 nos.


Clarke, Mrs. Herbert E ..


9 volumes


Covell, M. E.


1 volume


Donnelly Corporation


1 volume


Dow, Henry K.,


19 volumes


Drew, Mrs. Ella


2 volumes


Foss, Roland


52 volumes


French Government.


1 pamphlet


Grant, Granville F. 1 volume, 1 pamphlet


Guaranty Trust Company 8 pamphlets


Hanscam, Mrs. John 1 curio


Hayes, Mrs. Abbie L. & Spinney, E. N.


1 picture


Heath, Mrs. Lucinda 6 volumes


Italian Bureau of Public Information 1 periodical


Keir, Miss Jeanie 5 pamphlets


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Libraries :


Berlin, N. H.,


1 pamphlet


Concord, N. H.


1 pamphlet


Derry, N. H.


1 pamphlet


Dover, N. H.


6 pamphlets


Haverhill, Mass.


4 pamphlets


Laconia, N. H.


1 pamphlet


Manchester, N. H.


1 pamphlet


Milford, N. H.


1 pamphlet


Nashua, N. H.


3 pamphlets


Somerville, Mass ..


1 pamphlet


Wolfeboro, N. H.,


1 pamphlet


McDuffee, Richard,


16 volumes


Maine, State of,


1 pamphlet


Mary Torr Chapter, D. A. R.


periodicals, 6 nos.


Meader, Mrs. F. P.


36 pictures


Meader, Hon. J. Levi


periodicals, 3 nos.


Morrill, Mr. J. G.,


1 curio


New Hampshire, State of


9 volumes


New York City . 1 volume


Parshley, Lillian E.


1 volume


Patriotic Education Society, 1 pamphlet


Pennsylvania Prison Society . 1 pamphlet Perkins, Susan, 90 volumes, 89 pamphlets, periodicals, 23 nos. Place, Mr. J. Frank 1 volume


Publishers :


American Red Cross New England, periodicals, 30 nos.


Beacon, periodicals, 23 nos.


Christian Science Journal periodicals, 7 nos.


Christian Science Monitor periodicals, 152 nos.


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Christian Science Sentina] Foster's Daily Democrat


Illustrated Review Mexican Review


New Hampshire Issue.


Polytechnic


Protectionist


Railroad Red Book


Red Cross Magazine


Rochester Courier periodicals, 52 nos.


Springvale Advocate periodicals, 37 nos. Telephone Topics periodicals, 11 nos. War Weekly periodicals, 3 nos.


War Work Bulletin


World's Crisis


periodicals, 32 nos. periodicals, 305 nos. periodicals, 11 nos. periodicals, 5 nos. periodicals, 9 nos. periodicals, 7 nos. periodicals, 10 nos. periodicals, 3 nos. periodicals, 8 nos.


periodicals, 22 nos. periodicals, 21 nos.


Rochester, City of 26 volumes


Salinger, Mr. L. Alfred, 68 volumes, 105 pamphlets, periodicals, 2,303 nos., minerals


Salinger, Mrs. Ida, 61 volumes, 1 picture, 6 curios


Schools and Colleges :


Bowdoin College,


2 pamphlets


Columbia University,


1 pamphlet


Dartmouth College, 1 pamphlet


Harvard University, 1 volume, 1 pamphlet


New Hampshire College, 1 pamphlet


Oxford University,


1 pamphlet


Plymouth State Normal, 1 volume


Princeton University, 1 volume


Yale University, 1 pamphlet


Seavey, Miss Sarah for Mr. Joseph Seavey, 2 volumes Shannon, R. C., 1 volume


Strafford County, 1 volume


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Sullivan, Mrs. Augusta M., 1 curio Wallace, Miss Annie, 1 volume


Whitehouse, Mrs. Charles S., 57 volumes Whitney, Mrs. F. E. for Dr. F. E. Whitney, 3 volumes Young, Alfred A., 11 volumes


FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 1918


Amount of money on hand January 1, 1918 $ 4 60


Received from out of town patrons 10 70


Received fines, damages and other sources library and agencies 167 74


$ 183 04


Turned over to John L. Copp, Treasurer


$175 00


Cash on hand 8 04


$ 183 04


Respectfully submitted,


LILLIAN E. PARSHLEY,


Librarian.


PUBLIC LIBRARY RECEIPTS


BEQUESTS


Jennie Farrington annex fund


$1,000 00


Interest to January 1, 1919


40 00


Olive M. Woodward fund


100 00


$1,140 00


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RECEIPTS


Balance in treasury, December 31, 1917 $ 9 54


Appropriation from city 4,200 00


Received from the librarian 175 00


Received interest from the Jennie Farring- ton fund 40 00


$4,424 54


EXPENDITURES


Books from the general fund


$ 491 36


Books from the Jennie Farrington fund


40 00


Periodicals


174 05


Binding


166 66


Printing


119 33


Supplies and incidentals


143 83


Furnishings


52 80


Repairs on building


5 68


Fuel


328 65


Lighting, repairs and supplies


134 14


Gas


3 00


Telephone


28 20


Insurance


96 10


Gonic agency ---


Salary of librarian


$ 50 00


Lighting


9 28


Periodicals


15 45


Insurance


2 74


Fuel


11 75


89 22


Salaries-


Librarian


850 00


First assistant


450 00


CITY OF ROCHESTER


337


Second assistant


$ 390 00


Third assistant


339 00


Janitor


466 58


Extra assistant


14 33


Sunday services


4 00


Secretary of Board of Trustees


25 00


Balance unexpended


12 61


$4,424 54


JOHN L. COPP,


Treasurer


I have examined the receipts and expenditures of the financial reports of the librarian, Lillian E. Parsh- ley, and the treasurer, John L. Copp. I find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.


JOHN YOUNG,


Secretary of the Board of Trustees.


Rochester, N. H., Dec. 30, 1918.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


School Board of City of Rochester


NEW HAMPSHIRE


For the Year Ending December 31, 1918 ·


At the regular monthly meeting of the School Board of Rochester, February 13, 1919, the Superin- tendent of Schools read his report for the year ending December 31, 1918. This report was accepted and adopted and ordered printed as the report of the School Board to the City Council and to the citizens of the city.


CHARLES A. BRECK,


Secretary.


Rochester, N. H., February 14, 1919.


ROCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL


100HOS


School Board, City of Rochester As Organized for 1918


CHAIRMAN


HON. JAMES B. YOUNG


Ward One


GEORGE F. WILSON IRVING C. FAUNCE


Ward Two


MILES H. DUSTIN ERLON H. NEAL


Ward Three


MYRON I. JENNESS GRANVILLE F. GRANT


Ward Four


PETER T. HARRITY FELIX SANFACON


Ward Five


BURT R. COOPER NORMA C. SNOW


Ward Six


. .


ROBERT V. SWEET FRANK S. HARTLEY


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ANNUAL REPORT STANDING COMMITTEES


Finance-Young, Cooper, Grant.


Teachers and Salaries-Faunce, Mrs. Snow, Jenness, Sweet, Hartley.


Studies and Text-Books-Cooper, Jenness, Neal. Schoolhouses and Grounds-Wilson, Dustin, Harrity. Printing and Supplies-Faunce, Hartley, Neal. Transportation-Dustin, Wilson, Sanfacon.


Truancy-Mrs. Snow, Harrity, Grant.


School Board, City of Rochester


As Organized for 1919


CHAIRMAN


HON. JAMES B. YOUNG


Ward One


IRVING C. FAUNCE GEORGE F. WILSON


ERLON H. NEAL


Ward Two


MILES H. DUSTIN


Ward Three


GRANVILLE F. GRANT MYRON I. JENNESS


Ward Four


FELIX SANFACON GEORGE A. HERSOM


Ward Five


NORMA C. SNOW BURT R. COOPER


Ward Six


FRANK S. HARTLEY ROBERT V. SWEET


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ANNUAL REPORT STANDING COMMITTEES


Finance-Young, Cooper, Grant. .


Teachers and Salaries-Faunce, Mrs. Snow, Jenness, Sweet, Hartley.


Studies and Text-Books-Cooper, Neal, Hartley.


Schoolhouses and Grounds-Wilson, Dustin, Hersom.


Printing and Supplies-Faunce, Neal, Wilson.


Transportation-Jenness, Sanfacon, Hersom.


Truancy-Mrs. Snow, Grant, Dustin.


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND SECRE- TARY OF THE BOARD


CHARLES A. BRECK


Office at High school building. Office hours : 8.00 to 9.00 A. M .; 3.30 to 5.00 P. M. on school days.


SECRETARY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT


MYRTLE J. LOWE


Office hours : 8.00 A. M. to 1.00 P. M .; 2.30 to 5.00 P. M.


TRUANT OFFICERS, Mark N. Arnold


The Janitors of the several school buildings


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CITY OF ROCHESTER JANITORS


Frank R. Hayes, head janitor,


George E. Horne,


Charles R. Brackett,


Leroy S. Redlon,


Emilio Beaulieu,


George M. Rankin,


Willis E. Meader,


High School Building Allen Building Maple-Street Building School-Street Building Gonic Building


East Rochester Building Meaderboro Building


CONTRACTORS FOR TRANSPORTATION


Jesse C. Baker Wesley Blaisdell Edward H. Bickford S. E. Colomy George Gagne


Joseph O. Hayes


W. T. Sawyer


Samuel Hale


Charles Lowe


Addie F. Hussey Ezra Smart


A. Roscoe Tuttle


Report Superintendent of Schools


To the School Board of Rochester:


I submit herein my fourth annual report as super- intendent of schools, for the year 1918, it being the twenty-seventh in the series of such reports. The re- port is brought down to February 13 of the present year.


THE TEACHING FORCE.


The following changes have occurred since my last report :


TABLE A


RESIGNED


SCHOOL


ELECTED


Chester A. Ross Edward C. Remick Dorothy W. Madden Ellen D. Townsend Libby J. Cohen A. Carman Taylor Florence Arnold


High-Commercial Science Math. & History French Commercial Latin English


Abbie Dillingham S. Gordon Tucker Marjory Boomer May Springfield Emma J. Williams Christine Davis Mabelle M. Clow


Elizabeth Cottle Mildred March *Florence D. McHugh


Allen- V, VI VI VI


Catharine A. Doran Florence D. McHugh Lillian Cooper


Irene A. Colburn


School Street, V


Ellen L. Hart


*Florence E. Dame Grace Critchett


Maple Street-II III, IV


Bessie M. Littlefield


*Florence E. Dame


Helen M. Watson Annie L. Thompson Helen Ramsburg


Gonic-I


III VI, VII


Ada M. Perkins Etta J. Stanley Hazel Wingate Eva A. Sanborn


E. Roch .- III, IV V, VI VII, VIII VII, VIII


Marie Jeneau Mary M. Farley




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