The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-17

WiiminIto, InSritur. Annual Me etinv.
The annual meeting of the directors Of the
Wilmington Institute was held at the In
stitute building last night. The reports of
the various committees and the librarian
were read and officers elected for the en-
suing year.
The officers elected are as follows w r.
Taylor, president; Frederic H. Robinson,
secretary: and Joseph A. Richardson, treas
urer
The report OF the Finance Committee
showed the total receipts to have been St2,-
$50. The expenditures by the Properly Com
mittee amounted to $2956; by the Library
Committee, $500, and a total expenditure
of Sl2.556
The report Of the Library Committee. OF
which Enos I. DOan was chairman, sub
mitted an interesting report as to the con
diton of the library With one exception
the work of classification of the books is
complete, and the details of the methods of
administration to meet public demands
have been practically determined. In re-
lation to the use Of the books Of the library
by the teachers and pupils of the public
schools the report says the cooperation be-
tween the library and the schools has been
slight. Nearly 400 volumes have been pur-
chased with a view to their use by the
teachers and pupils. Few of these books
have been Cal<d for, and only twenty-three
teachers have availed themselves of the
special privileges accorded them. The re-
port suggests more definite plans between
the library and the school authorities.
The special committee on drawing school
reported the result of its last years expert
ence, particularly noting the admission of
two girl pupils to the class. The report
called attention to the annual deficit in the
school receipts. and also to the fact of the
absorption of the fund the interest of which
was formerly used to support the school.
The fund had been used in the payment Of
the debt of the Institute. Since then the
deficit has been made good by the manufac-
turers of the city interested in its meohani-
cal institutions, The number of pupils of
the current year was 1O7; that Of one year
ago. 129. and of two years ago, 155, The re-
ceipts from scholars were S212 the total re-
eeipts, S3O7.73.
The annual report of the librarian. Ar
thur w. Tyler, showed that the circula-
tion of books for the year ending March 81,
was 13S,3i0 volumes; and for the thirteen
months and three weeks since, the opening
of the Free Library, February IL. 1894, was
1898 volumes. These books were loaned
to 7454 borrowers, an average of nineteen
volumes to each card holder.
The report of the president of the Insti-
tute, W. P. Taylor, contains the following
interesting figures Card holders registered
during the year, 2395. making a total since
the opening of the free library of 1853 card
holders registered. The daily circulation
averaged 45O volumes; and the total for the
year. 13s,34o. During the year 2916 volumes
have been added to the library, making a
total of 23,99G volumes. The work-room
has handled 1880. and rebound 1913 vol
umes during the year. The presidents re-
port also suggests the necessity Of greater
degree Of cooperation between tho library
and the public schools as means Of edu-
eating the reading public UP to proper de-
gree OF appreciation Of the privileges Of
fered them in the library.
The reports were allvery full and interest
ing; that of the librarian being voluminous
and full Of interesting facts and suggestions
affecting the present and future Of the
library. ...