Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-07


TIE LlBaART AssocEArtoM. Within
the past four years great many
strangers have located within our uisY
With tie intention Of making Il their
permanent home. They are interested
in every enterprise that il calculated to
improve the people and add grace and
charm to social life. Among the new
corners there are many, we are assured,
who have sufficient literary taste and
culture to appreciate The necessity of
sustaining an enterprise like that of our
Reading Room and Library Association,
which has benin existence for man .
years, and Ehas ycontrionisa 60 {m aeh
towards improving the minds aD1. sle-
waiting the aspirations Of those VINO have
chosen to avail themselves of its privi.
leges,l For some time past no special
effort has been made by tne Directors Of
the Association towards increasing the
number Of stockholders, and strangers
have not been asked to subscribe stock
and become participants in it's manag O.
ment. We are grati6ed to learn That
tie present Board Of Directors hav e re-
solved to present the claims of the AS
ISOLATION, aud the necessity for its per.
petuation, to our citizens at once. a A
committee has been appoiue ed to can
l
vass the city for stock. We trust this
committee will meet with cordial re.
csption, and that their. eferts viii be
crowned with largely increased list Of
y shareholders. The stock is divided into
!: shares Of $50 each, pagab1e, if We re.
member rightly, in ten annual pay
ments. In addition to the stock, eact
subscriber is expected to pay two dol
: lars per year forthe use of the library
and privileges of The reading room
This, in all is only Eve dollars per year
!. and vha. citizen - there who il inter
ested in the enterprise and growth pf gu
city, and the intelligence and happines
T. Of our people, that would object to pay
: ing that small sum rather than have al
Q enterprise-begun when Evahsvill'
numbered less than half.isa present poE
!. ulAtion, and sustained thus far with SUI
cess-go down. ~ z. aiaa tss alta
1t 10 the wish of the present Board c
Directors to add new books to the Librs
: ~, to get it's financial affairs SO improV
ed and arranged IS 90 be early in th
|. geld the coming summer, IN maxim
!, arrangements for Iectures next white
!. and doing all they can towards ente
: tanning the citizens and making of th
Association an instrument to cOntribui
to the mental imprdvemsnt of theyounI
), To carry out this praiseworthy desigl
D. the Board must have the cooperation
ne the citizens. They can accomplish not
~ ing without material aid" There a
already large number of books in Ii
Library, but il should be strengthened
H. every year with new publications. 1t
NJ only in This way we can expect to retai
p it's visitors and keep up the interest
ne its welfare.
10 As we said before, we do hope Il
We committee who may cali on our citize
In to-day, will meet with a cordial rece
lion. We cannot bear the thought, tb
after sustaining the Association for Il
IN vaara Il ahould fail now for want
: funds to. meet It's annual expenses.
~ We cordially invite those who ha
se never visited the Library Rooms in MI
% bic Hall Building, second foor, to CT
3 aud do 80, and see for themselves b
" eminentIy worthy of support the ent'
prise is. 1as itAa Haihg95