REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 



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Branch, resigned after fourteen years of earnest and faithful service. 

 She was succeeded by Miss Beatrice I. KeUiher of the Somerville 

 Hbrary. During the interim the branch was well cared for by Miss 

 Margaret S. Coates of the reference department. Miss J. Ethel Wooster, 

 a member of the staff since 1914, who for the last four years had con- 

 ducted the work for children with diligence and judgment, resigned, 

 and was succeeded by the first assistant. Miss Florence G. Henry. 

 Other resignations included Miss Ruth F. Clark, Miss Ruth L. Clifford, 

 Miss Alma R. Field, Miss Mary S. Field, Miss Bertha E. Joslyn, Miss 

 Jannette E. Newhall, Miss Hope Packard, Miss Winnifred R. Smith, 

 Miss Ethel F. Wood. All of them had served faithfully, and several of 

 them for long periods. Sincere acknowledgment is due to all my asso- 

 ciates in the staff. With every one of them — as with most library workers 

 — library work is far more than a mere bread winning pursuit. They 

 have entered it because of the peculiar appeal of its service; and to their 

 interest, enthusiasm, and devotion is due in large measure whatever 

 success the library attains. 



Respectfully submitted, 



HILLER C. WELLMAN, 



Librarian. 



