Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-03

are sold at one-third reduction from
the regular fare. MIR. Edwards, the
General Passenger Agent of the road,
is making all possible efforts to make
the passenger service of the G. H. Il ID.
system as satisfactory as possible and
all arrangements that are consistent
with good business management will be
made for the accommodation of the
company's patrons.
The Hon. Byron Ritchie NJ. c., has
very kindly sent public documents to
our Public Library, and among them
is II circular of information from the
Bureau of Education, giving statistics
of Public Libraries in the U. S. and
Canada, accompanied by II letter of
transmittal from w. T. Harris to the
Hon. Hol1e Smith, Secretary of the
Interior. In this letter the Commits
| lie interest.
He reports list of 3,S04 libraries,
each containing over 1000 volumes.
Also that the last fifteen years form an
unparalleled activity on the part of the
professional librarians of the country.
1t may he matter of news to many
that such profession" is in exist
ence. 1t is commonly supposed that
anybody who can check off a book and
hand it out to the reader, and when
returned replace it In its regular place
on the shelf can keep a library. But
the business seems to require such a
knowledge OF books, and methods, and
shelving, of buying and classifying
and catalogueing and keeping records,
that it has become profession, organ.
lied like other professions, to system
atically and properly do the work OF
the librarian. In such an organization
he alone can take work at the head,
who is master in literature, who
knows what books are worthy OF being
in library, and how to classify ard
catalogue every book that comes under
his care.
The great Librarians like Spafford
of Washington, know all about the
contents of the books in their libraries
and when great libraries are to be
cared for they become prizes for which
great cities like Chicago and Cincin-
natl contest, as they did some years
since, for the services of the present
head librarian of the Newbury Library
OF Chicago.
The educative power OF the library
is noticed by the Commissioner. He
says, "all persons interested in the
subject of education will note with sat.
isfaction the progress of the library,
Next after the school and daily news
paper comes the library in educative
power. The three institutions are the
great secular means which our people
have to prepare themselves for theii
singular destiny. The school for mOsl
part, finds it's function in teaching
how to read; the newspaper and Ii
brary furnish what to read.
| IU 10 ouyo uhO
that one of the most important inter
ests in education is to be found in con-
Meeting closely the common schoo
with the public library. 1t is common
to call person educated who know
the rudimentary branches, reading
writing, arithmetic, geography, his
tory, grammar, etc. BY these he /
enabled to help himself to the informa
tion and wisdom stored up in the Ii
brary. He is prepared to begin tn
work OF educating himself. To be edu
Gated in the true sense OF the word, b
must use the library. and master tn
experience of mankind" These ar
weighty words, and deserve the atten
tion of all people who desire an educa
tion for themselves or their own O
their neighbor's children. A.
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