Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-29
A PROSPEROUS YEAR.

The Annual Meeting of The Young Mems Institute Various IIuprove- ments Suggested-An Enlargement of The Institute Building.
 About twenty members of the Young Mems Institute, most of them directors, were present at the annual meeting held last even- ing, at which E. s. Graves acted as chair man. The first business was the reading of the secretary and treasurer's report for the year. The report showed an expenditure of SIPS. 30 for salaries and care of rooms, $246 for gas, $5S0 for books, $343 for periodicals. These with the other expenditures make a total of $2, 245.16 of expenditures. Cash on hand, $723. S5; cash received from member ship, $1,021.31; and from trustees $500; total, $2, 245.16.
 President E. s. Graves then read his an- nual report, in which he said: The receipts from membership, rentals and fines during the year year were $1, ,O21. 31-about the same as last year. From the trustees fund $500 was drawn, and 400 volumes of new books were purchased at a cost of $580.0 The re- port, owing to the large increase of the busi- ness of the Institute in the few past years, fayors the classification of the books so that the librarian and visitor shall be able to know where given book is to be found on
 
 books should also be catalogued by class, title and subject, so that an intelligent examiner can find what he is looking for and inform himself generally of the contents of the li- brary. Our method of keeping record of books given out should be changed. The present method is primitive and cumber- some, although it answered very well when the library was smaller
 The report further speaks of the necessity of the improvement as an adequate guide and record and states the necessary steps to ccmplish this desideratum. One requisite is the enlargement of the quarters, which can be done by building addition to the Institute building in the rear. This end has been kept in view for some time and the building fund has been steadily increased uutil now have the pleasure to announce it amounts to about $4,OO0, nearly if not quite enough to build the addition required. The report asks the directors for their voice in the matter, hoping that the new addition may be speedily made. The report then rehearses the work that has been done by the Institute in connection with the city in reference to the question of | having free library. The committees on purpose of bringing about the result de- sired. A subcommittee of four was ap~ pointed to formulate some practicable plan by which free library can be provided on the bae1s Of the Institute property. This | committee consisted of Judge Pardee and E. P. Arvine, Esq, on the part of the Institute and Alderman States and Councilman Wat rous on the part of the city. This com mittee, has as I understand formulated two | plans which will be submitted probably within the coming week to the joint commit ] tee for their action. The action of commit | tee is initiatory and must be submitted to l the city government one hand and to the | directors and members of the Institute on | the other. The report further says: By @ l vote at the annual meeting in 1883 the direc- 1 tors were authorized to confer with the city officials in reference to free public library, i but to report their action at | meeting of the members of the In | stitute. This role, I suppose, is still iu force. So, gentlemen, members of this in stitute. the destiny of this institution in this matter rests, as it should rest, in your hands J The report further speaks on the subject of the necessary equipment and expense of such a library.
 | The directors elected were: E. P. Arvine, J. R. French, s. T. Button. E. Camp, R. E. | Baldwin and L. w. Robinson.
 l A resolution sig ned by J. R. French and fifteen others asking that the reading room of the Institute be kept open on holidays, day ! and evening was referred to the board of di- 1 rectOrS with power to act.