The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-29
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY.

lent rooms have been secured for its &C
| commodatiou.
The library room, which is "a By 90 has
| three large windows facing Main street
1t has two entrances, one off Main stree
ana one from Williams. \ beautiful ma
OF finest brussels covers almost the entire
floor, and the rest Of the floor is painted a
beautiful dark red, and it makes a very
pretty border in contrast with che carpet.
A large antique oak table stands in the
middle of the room, aud around it are
placed comfortable chairs for the accom-
mediation of its patrons, 4 number OF
pictures on the wall give the place home
| like appearance.
The shelves of books are placed along
| the sides of the wall and each particular
/ class OF books have notice pasted on the
shelf so any one can see at glance the
| class of books before them.
! The books have all been numbered,
| classified and catalogued according to the
authors. Class B represents history ano
all the histories are contained in thi,
classand are arranged, A. 3. c. etc.
| according 10 authors, aud eacl
class start with number one
and so on with each class; so it is an easy
matter for one to select book The diff
ferent elassications are as follows:
| A-Book of reference. These books dc
not go from the library. They are for the
use of the general public. Anyone wishing
| to look up anything in a reference book
are cordially invited TO the use of the
| library books, and the librarian will
| always be pleased to lend any assistance to
persons in looking up different points.
! Class B-History.
Glass C-Biogra phies.
Class D-Religious books.
Class Poetry aud music
Class F-Politlcs aud Law.
Glass Cart
Class H-Drams.
Glass I-Classics.
Glass .J-Scieuce.
Glass k-Educational.
Class L-Lectures, essays and mytholo-
gies.
Class M-Juvenile.
Glass O-fiction.
Class P-Travels and miscellaneous.
a beautiful five-jet chandelier of incan-
descent lights furnishes the light.
The small round room is the private
office of the librarian. Ii is carpeted with
a pretty figured mating. The room has
four large windows and faces both Main
and Williams streets. This room is fur
nished with Office desk. typewriter and
easy chairs, and is lighted with three
Jet chandelier of the same pattern as the
one in the library room. All the windows
and doors are well screened, so no flies or
bugs can get in.
OF from the main library room is a
naiI fah
and in it are also placed a eommode. wash
bowl and pitcher, towels and soap. for the
accommodation. of the librarian.
The library room is very pleasant and
cool and it is a delightful place to spend A
leisure moment.
At the present time there are about ,631
books, and the board OF education intend
to increase this number to twice its size by
another year. They will make it point
when they add new books to get the
very latest, aud will select the very best of
reading matter. There is some talk with
the board of adding reading room or
using the library room for that at least for
the present Then all the daily news
papers. The EAGLE, Beacon, ST. Louis Re-
publican and many others, also the very
best magazines.
Many persons going to the city building
and seeing the lettered windows The
Public School Library" get the compression
that ii is not public library; that is for
only the schools, but such is not the
case The library is owned by the public
schools aud is under the direct manage
ment of the school board, or board of edu-
cation. The library eommi,te consists of
l. ". Gill, president; L. keck and J. F. D.
Casey. The school board has been to con-
siderable expense IN removing the library
from It's former place and fixing it up IN
such good style, and hiring librarian TO
take care OF il: and it is hoped that the
reading, thinking people of Wichita will
show their appreciation by patroaizing the
library The tickets are only one dollar a
year. and surely even with the preseu,
hard times, any one who cares one whit
for reading can afford TO purchase tick
ct. In case you should move away YOU
can always sell your ticket 10 some one so
you will not lose any money aud you Gun
transfer your ticket to any friend.
Every parent who has children in the
public schools should patroniza the IL
bFary and buy At least one ticket year
for their children. and ge intend TO make
a speciality OF Juvenile books.
The library hours are from to la a. m.
and 10 6. and TO 8 p. m. so those who
cannot get away during tie day can be
accommodated in getting books in the
evenings. The library is open every DAY
in tie week except Sunday.
Tie Librarian, Miss Blanche Martin.
who think OF purchasing ticket. or who
would like 70 see the new quarters aud the
fine selection OF books, call and make the
library u friendly visit.