The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-05-17
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

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Within the last few weeks several
changes have occurred which werene-
cessitated by the increase of our IL
brary and apparatus. They have
been made in such way as to admit
of further expansion easily, and even
now they are proving Of much advan-
tage. A larger case has taken the
place of the case in what was former
ly the library, and the bookcase has
been moved. to the Office; the ulti-
mate plan is to make the room now
used as laboratory the library,and to
move the laboratory to the third floor.
The new case was made for the place
and procured through Mr.. H. NJ.
Palm. It is the length of the room;
the lower part is 2 #. 6 in. deep, the
upper part is 2 it. deep; fitted with
slidingdoors, below wood, above glass;
it is oak, gloss-fnish, and very hand
| some, though the cost was surprising
ly small. It is intended for appara
tus, but at present one section is used
for the reference library. The case
displaced by this very convenient
addition to our equipment, is put
temporarily on the east side of the
Office. Three sections of it are crowd,
ed to overlooking with the books of
our general library. The fourth Sec
ton, as we'll as smaller case on the
opposite side of the room, is filled
with our geological collection.
This collection recently received an
addition of about fifty specimens
from Rev. j. Easter, while on his re-
cent visit with Mr.. Dayton. Mr.. Eas-
ter is very genial and very helpful
acquaintance; he gave the, school
some specimens when here year ago;
thus we have two good, though selfish,
reasons for hoping that he may visit
Worthington often.
The geological collection belonging
to our Public Schools is worth more
than is generally supposed. 1t now
contains nearly four hundred we'll
selected specimens. Besides the gifts
of Mr.. Easter, smaller contributions
have been made by others; all such
are marked with the donors name.
We should be glad to receive more;
here the specimens will be safely kept
and will interest and instruct the
young people. Are there not in your
homes many curious things you have
collected in your travels, that might
be doing a wider good by being |
placed in the school cabinet? We
would be glad to receive them. The
library too has been considerably in
creased during the past year; a gift
Of several excellent books was re-
ceived from Hon. Daniel Shell; and a
similar gift was made by the Glad
stone Club of 1894; the proceeds of
two quite successful school entertain
ments have also been expended in
in this way; some purchases were
also directed by the Board.
In this connection I wish to repeat |
a point that has appeared in an earlier
article, but still seems only partially |
understood-this library is a public
library-while intended primarily for
the schools, yet any citizen of Worth
ington is entirely welcome to its ad-
vantages. Books may be drawn any
night after school, and there are many
books here that will please you.
Several of the citizens are now taking
books regularly from the library; we
should be glad to have a chance to |
serve larger number.
Below is a list of the books added |
during the last twelve months.
War Of Independence, Fiske
Story of Carthage, Church
Story of Rome, Gilman
Story OF Early Britain, Church
Legends of Charlemagne, Bulfnch
Age Of Fables, Bulinch
Tales Of a Grandfather, vol. Scott
Pilgrims and Puritans, Moore
Twenty Years in Congress, Blaine
Strange Stories from History, Eggleston
Ohildren's Stories in American History
'..r' o.. Wright
Hallam's Constitutional History of Engrd,
Making Of New England, Drake
Are Of Chiva1rv RufnCh 4