St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-14
MAKING THE MOST OF THEM.

MAKING THE MOST OF THEM.
How Mrs. Prof Parker, of Chi
cago, Is Building up y Library
of Newspaper Clippings.
Chicago Tribune
: I'VE make good use. of the newspa-
pers.hefe at the Normal school, said
Mrs. Parker to- Tribune representa-
tive. 1--WE are not unmindful OF the
fact that trained writer's are Employed
ON 0lfr daily papers, and that WREN any
thing OF, importance to the country OF
people occurs this trained intelligence
seiZes upon it and presents it to the
public in clear light.
beginning our science work as we
do in the primary schools, and the read
ing books not containing enough in that
direction, newspapers, children papers
and magazines furnished a great deal
of collateral reading. This proved ex-
ceedingly useful in the school. and in
searching for that class of article l
found so many good things it seems a
pity should be wasted that uncon-
sciOusly found myself adding to my
pile of clippings good articles upon
almost every subject. Soon / found 1T
necessary to devise some means of
properly classifying them. and this l
have reduced to q system. always
read paper with pencil in hand TO
mark what L wish to save, and then IN
some odd moment cut them out. The
clippings are thrown into a large box
ready for use. and l make point of
cutting the article out all in one piece,
after which they are pasted to MANILA
slips. These slips that use are four
by ten, and have just ordered 5000.
II paste the article to the center or
the slip, as near the top as possible. and
if short, the article will be all OIL one
side, but if long it will of course be con-
tinued upon the opposite side OF the
slip. and SO OH through a succession of
slips until the article is finished.
II always place the articles between
the slips. and any odd moment l have l
utilize with the aid of the sponge
mucilage bottle in sticking them on,
the place of the ordinary crocheting and
knitting. / always dry the slips be-
tween the leaves of heavy book, for
find that the children pay much more
attention to them ii nicely DONE"
''But do the scholars take any care of
them?'
''At first they thought. nothing of
carelessly throwing around what l had
taken so much trouble with, for they
were only newspaper scraps but now
they are returned to the library as regu-
larly as the books. Indeed, | have
been teaching them reverence for the
newspaper. And it is astonishing how
religiouSly my girls save papers. They
would not think of making fire with
one or in airy other way destroying enc
until have marked 1t.
"But after all this is done how can
you find what you want?'
IL have catalogue made out and
everything is classified. 1t has made
itself and may be added to Indefinitely
in the way of new heads and SUBJ
heads"
Mrs. Parker's catalogue is under the
following general heads. which are in
tnrh divided into many classes: First
comes ancient history, followed by
modern and American history. Liter
ature. art and religion are well repre-
sented. as are likewise the s'oologies''--
zoology, physiology, geology, mineral
ogy, psychology, mythology and socl-
olOgy. Under each head Mrs. Parker
has room for children's stories. Then
follow physics, ethics, chemistry, bot
and geography. Political economy has
prominent place. and is followed by
articles Oh socialism, customs of peO-
pie, education. and interesting things
on days, seasons, games. etc. 49,. /
II have everything on home rule that
has been printed in the last three
years. said Mrs. Parker. when my
slips are done place them in files in a
large case such as all business men use
and put in the school library,
"When the eighth grade was study
ing the civil war had over 200 articles
on that subject in relation to the causes,
battles, generals and the like-and the
teachers testified to the avidity with
which they were read. Newspaper
mems way Of presenting things is and
must be readable, for people: nowadays
have neither the time nor inclination to
read and write as people used to in
years past. As SOON as my friends be-
gan to find out what / was doing, they
sent me papers from all over the coun-
try, with articles they had marked, OR
merely files of papers they had saved.
''In connection with the slips on
which we save the articles we have
smaller cards Oh which we save quota
tons. They are alphabetically ar
ranged, according to the, sentiment eX-
pressed; love, joy, charity. life, perse-
verance, etc., and placed in boxes ready
for use. All the pictures of interest,
geographical or historical, T. have
mounted upon pasteboard. Indeed, un-
til one has had experience one does not
know what valuable things the so
called ordinary paper contains"