Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-28
VACATION EXPERIENCES
Members of Washington Library Association
Meet and Exchange Ideas.
Incidents of the Libraries Visited-Ad-
dresses on Topics Familiar-Com-
ing Annual Election.

| e3ASOA Oil tuJOuILIuSut 1IOul spring
over summer, the members of the Library
Association Of Washington city assembled
| last evening in the parlors of the Column
bian University building, at 18th and H
streets. for specially arranged program
of photographed experiences. The gath
| ering was, too, the first of the regular
meetings Of the winter, and, although
something in the way of routine business
| was transacted. the evening was devoted
| mere largely to storytelling, SO to speak,
the librarians relating incidents of inter-
| est in relation to libraries which had been
inspected during their respective vacation
| trips.
The parlors We're crowded, the attendance
being as large. perhaps. as at any meet
ing in the history Of the organization,
| when the president. Mr.. William P. Cutter,
opened the regular proceedings and caused
cessation of the exchange of greetings.
After the secretary, Mr.. F. H. Parsons,
mad read the minutes of the last meeting,
President Cutter introduced Dr. Charles Il
Munroe, dean of the scientific school of
Columbian University, and requested that
he speak of the course in library science
recently made a part of the curriculum of
the school.
Outlines the Course.
DR.. Munroe explained in detail the meth
DDS Of instruction proposed the depart
ment being under the direction of Mr.
Ainsworth r. Spofford, with Mr.. Hender-
son Presnell and Mr.. William p. Cutter as
assistants. The course, he stated, includes
library, handwriting, typewriting, cata-
loguing, alphabeting, shelf-listing, classifi-
cation, practical cataloguing, library econ
omy order department work. accession
work, mechanical preparation OF books for
tho hn1y-
practical charge of system, binding. reblnd-
Ing, lettering, repairing, reference work,
practical library economy, library admin
istration. stock taking. accounts, statis-
tics OF readers and reading. care of sup
piles plies practical library administration.
technique of foreign titles, German,
French italian and Spanish periodicals,
photography, indexing, helps to librarian
and reader. practical photography, history
of libraries and the use of library to
the university, the academy, the public
school, the citizen, the official.
Dr: cyrus Adler announced the death
OF Justin Winsor, librarian Of Howard
University and president Of the American
Library Association, and moved that a
committed be appointed to frame suitable
resolutions expressing the sorrow of the
association because of the sad event The
president named as the committee DR. Ad-
Ter, Professor Bolton and Mr.. Boyden.
Short Talks by Members.
ANsANSAe NuttGi, dAtSf SldlIHS lndC It
had been decided to make the initial gath
erlhs OF the season an experience meeting,
announced that he would call on the mem
bers in the order that their names an
peared on the roll alphabetically.
Dr. Adler was the first to take the floor.
He told of the recent meeting of the Amer
lcan Library Association, held in PhiIa-
delphla, and concluded by saying that it is
practicaliy the duty of all engaged in Ii
national association.
MT boyden, the second speaker, was very
Drle1. He merely said that while going
/ through the library with which he 10 co..,
nected few days ago he came across ,
paper-bound novel, bearing the words in
naring red characters, Letters from Hell :,
= or Few moment he was at a loss how
to classify the work, but finally thought of
section marked Future State
Mss Edith Clark described a library in
TINS city conducted by the Society for Home
study or church History and Holy Scrip
ture 1t contains 1900 volumes, she said
and Is located at 1916 street. The hooks
1t was explained, circulate throughout the
United States.
President Cutter. when his name was
reached on the roll, described the Iibrar ~
OF a club in Canada where the members
do nothing but fish" President Cutter si12-
gested that even though the libra rians of
Baltimore had failed to accept an invita-
ton to come to Washington to attend the
meetings of the assocat ton it might be
advisable for the Washingtonians to go to
Baltimore. President Cutter also devoted
some time to description of the Philadel-
phia Museum and Library of Commerce.
which assists manufacturers and business
men to dispose of their products 1t is, he
said, library for practical purposes.
The Congressional Library.
Mr. Bernard r. Green, superintendent
of the Library of Congress; spoke in detail
Of the removal of the library from the
Capitol to the new building. the arrange
ment of the books in the new building,
and the system of transferring books
through the conduit connecting the two
buildings
Others who spoke, briefly, were Prof
Bolton, Col. Flint, Mr.. Theodore l., Cole.
Mr.. James w. Cheney and Miss Dye
The hour being late an adjournment was
taken to the evening Of November II. AT
the regular meeting in December the an
nual election of officers of the association
will take place.
During the evening it was announced
that since the last meeting the following
had affiliated themselves with the associa-
ton: Miss Eva H. Quinn, Miss Blanche
Brown, Mr.. W. T. Swingle, Mr.. D. G. Fair
child. Miss Annie S. Ames, Mr. Allen d.
slauson, Mr.. ]. NJ. c. Hansen, Mr.. A. P.
Z: Griffin. Mr.. Arthur Il. Kimball, Mr..
Ihorwald Solberg, Mr.. Thomas H. Clark,
Mr.. Hugh A. Morrison, Mr.. George Hear
Irfz