The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-11
yHr MosroF HER PAPERS.
49,. professor Parker Is Building Up .
HeN Of Newspaper Clippings.

Mr.. Professor -
30" .,.,.,x Of Newspaper Clippings
cieseO ~ GOOD use Of the newspapers here at
ave ns s.hools said Mrs. Parker to q
TIE NSrnN..seo,.tive I'VE are not unmind.
Troans Get that trained writer's are employed
fcI OF Sa;lv papers, and that VISA anything OF
on our - IN the country OF peocle occurs this
inpof.ss:-,s iIigeucs ssIzes upou it and presents
IT,, .a -. public 10 q clear hsh,
r.1.;rning our sciecee work as we 90 In the
t., sehools and the rsAdiaz books ncs con-
p's enough il taAt cissct,on. newspapers,
tsninE ,.ners sud magazines furnished a
ebharsss. 81 collateral reading. This PRAYED
E-esS - usesul IL tSs school, and 10 search
eZe,soi.ttt, Lass of article found many good
inK /, sAaus 2 pity snone DO wasted thai
inoss .;oas,- / found myself AIDING TO my
u1. Of clippings GOOD srt,c.-e uoo9 almost
pie .hisct Sen / foignd II oscessary 20 de-
ever means of prcPesiv classifying them.
wise 80 nav, reduced 20 = system. slways
soo ,sp,r With pencil 10 hsad 81 mark what
RESI- 20 ave- aue then IL soma odd moment 1
I.-s.rn out The clippings arc thrown iuso
eush., ready for Use, and l maze point Of
a's tha article out ali n piece, after
enu lLnns,b.v are pasted to MANILA slips. These
rat use are 4xl0, and have Just ordered
49, the article 10 the center OF the slip. "a
,..- the top ss possible and II snort the article
n1 \. AL on Que side. bus II long it will Of
80 be continued upon the opposite side OF
81. lin and so or through succession OF slips
I'll the article is finished.
pp 'I .ivavs place the articles between the
.,,,s. and any odd moment 1 have utilize with
~ "a Of the sponge mucilags bottle in sticking
-. " an for il il kind of patchwork, aud
-. ,ns Mace OF the ordinary crocheting aud
.,,ing always dry the slips between the
s.,.s Of a heavy book. for L find that the
.sIdrsn pay much more attention to them IL
nicsy done 49,,
GA, Hrst they Thoughts nothing of csrelessiy
.A.-;no around what | had taken so much
..o,hls with for they were only newspaper
.,-,ps but now they are returned 70 the library
- r.gulary as the books. Indeed, / have been
.sehirg them reverence for the newspaper.
90 n Is astonishing how religiously my girls
"a nsDers They would not think Of making
81. with one, or in any other way destroying
ons until have marked it,
W. ..But after al this is done how can you fnd
What you vsntf
~ save catalogue made out and everything
;.,IsssiSsd Il has made itself and may be
added to indefinitely in the way Of new heads
and sub heads
Mrs. Parker's catalogue is under the follow
inc general heads, which are in turn divided
into many classes. First comes ancient history,
toIovsd by modern aud American history.
iit,rature, art aud religion are well
,snr.sented, rs are likewise the
naIosi.s.' zoology, physiology, seol-
syv mneralogy, psychology, mythology and
.scioloey. Under each head Mrs. Parker has
rom for ehildrenis stories. Then follows
rhy,ic.. ethics. chemistry. botany, medicine.
astronomy biography and geography. Political
economy has a prominent place, and il followed
by articles on socialism, customs or people,
,ducsasu. and interesting things on days, sea-
sons, games. etc
81 have everything on home rule that has
b.er printed in the Last three years" said Mrs.
Parker. when my slips are done place them
n files 10 a large case such rs all business men
use. and put 10 the school library.
"When the eighth grade vas studying the
civil war 1 had over 20G articles on that
tubisee in relation to the causes. battles,
rsrerais and the Eke-aud the teachers
testified 10 the avdity with which they wore
,ssI Newspaper mems way of presenting
tuincs is and must be readable, for people nova
isys have neither the time nor inclination TO
FAD and write as people used TO in years past
As soon IS M friends began TO find out what
was dong they sent me papers from all over the
country with articles they had marked, or
merely fles OF papers they hal saved
"In connection with the slips on which we
ssve tie articles we have smaller cards on which
We save quotations. They are alphabetically
arranged, according 20 the sentiment expressed;
love. joy. charity, life, perseverance,, ETC., and
placed in boxes ready for use. All the pictures
Of interest geographical or historical, have
mounted upon pasteboard. Indeed, until one
has had experience one does not know what val
liable things the soeallej ordinary psperecon-
ains'