The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1888-09-05

the best life of the Maryville Col
lege Lamar Memorial Library.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL T. WILSON,
Chairman Library Committee.
Rev. D. Mcdonald moved that
the report be adopted and the
building received; it was seconded
and carried. Rev. Lord, chairman
of the Board of Trustees made ap-
remarks.
Prof. Rogers stated that already
he had 800 pledged for the erection
of Hall of Science. This announce
ment was received with surprise
and enthusiasm.
Rev. McNeal pronounced tie
and the services were
concluded.
Some people sometimes ask the
advantages to be derived from large
libraries. They say, pointing to the
hundred or two hundred volumes
you have on your shelves, "Why,
you haven't read what you already
have" Some men have been
known to try to read Webster's
Dictionary thro' by rote, and some
have tried to digest a volume of
the encyclopedia in its alphabetical
order. A large library will be of
help in removing this false idea of
the purpose of most books. 1t will
show the students that the mass of
books are valuable only for refer.
ence; that there are not many
of books that should be
"chewed and digested," while
there are many thousands to be
"tasted."
The tendency in college life is to
trust text book as if it were
infallible. Such a tendency, if
allowed to continue any length of
time, would seriously check all
and originality in
the student, and these are qualities
that must be developed before any
worthy position can be won and
held in life. The college library
reveals to the student a dozen
views contrary to that presented
by the textbook, and the astonish.
ed deliver in books learns that he
must decide for himself where
doctors disagree. The judicial
mind is thus aroused and strength.
ened, and prejudice lessened and
federation increased. The student
who has learned holTMf6assise a
library has passed from the cage Of
the parrot to the halls of the scholar.
This is the prime object 0f aliibaAsy
TO make judicial-minded, fully.
informed scholar. No college is at
all fully equipped without the best
of all mental 'work-shops-the Ii.
brary, where the best handi-work
ofthe best intellectual genius is to
had for the asking. q
Then too, there are hours of rest
from study that can be bsstemploy.
ed in the alcoves of history, poetry:
biography, social science and of q
hundred other enticing topics d
research and story. The incident
al reading Of this kind
wisely directed, as it can lie in 9
large library-makes u man who
will be, much in demand in oul
wide-awake age, namely, the we'll
read man. Stock in such y man Il
always above par.
The student who wishes:to inves
tigate thoroughly q resolution to be
debated in literary society, or &
topic tosbe discussed in a Y. M. G
A. or Y. w. c. A., or a subject to b.
presented in a Rhetorical Glass, will
promptly assure.the skeptic that a
large library is the choicest frient
to be found even in host of friends
Moreover, college stands as {
public institution to help all who are
interested in intellectual pursuits
whether those persons are within
its walls or without them. Minis
tiers, lawyers, doctors and, indeed
all men and women of culture ant
Of mental activity are often meet
ing with problems that can be
solved nowhere except where thu
thoughts of the ages are stored, il
the large library. To such ques
tions a college library is a goot
neighbOr.
We congratulate our friends o
the faculty on the acquisition q
what will be a constant source o
help and stimulous to them in thei