The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-07
A LIBRARY FOR TEACHERS.
Over zoo Volumes Now Form the
Public school Collection.

Public school Collection.
The Board Of Education room in the
High School building has been htted up
with book cases for the volumes COM
prising the library of the teachers. There
is ample room in the cases for the keep
ing of all the books now owned. and II is
likely that there viii be no necessity for
an increase of the shelf space for some
time.
The spaces of the shelves have been
numbered and labeled with the divisions
under which all the volumes of the library
have been arranged. These divisions are
as follows Educational principles. school
management, educational history. methods
oil teaching, arithmetic, reading, spelling.
grammar and English literature. geogra-
ply, history and miscellaneous All of
the books are now being catalogued under
these divisions, and the teachers, when
wanting a particular volume from the
library, viii be enabled to find il without
loss of time. They will all doubtless APP
preciate this convenience.
superintendent Ashmore is also prepar-
ing an index of the works in the library.
This will be of great aid 60 a teacher in
the selection of a book. The index Will
contain the divisions of the books and a
space will follow each for commons from
the teachers. AS a book is read the one
having studied il viii be expected to set
down anything Of it's contents that may
have particularly impressed him. These
annotations will give the leading thought
that has presented itself to the teacher and
the page of the book In which 1t may be
found. This will also facilitate the find
ing OF anything on a particular subject
and will induce the teachers to give special
care to the reading in order that some
thing may be set down for the benefit of
those who will follow them in the reading
of the same book.
The library has made great progress
within the last year. When the present
administration of the school affairs took
charge, there was nothing at all in the
way of library. for the teachers. Stunt
Ashmore recognized the necessity for the
teachers having something from which
their ideas of the science might be eularg-
ed. He talked with a number of them on
the matter and found that they agreed
with him. All wanted the library estab-
lished and undertook its support New
volumes have constantly been added 10
the few with which a start was made UNI
til there are now more than 100 books
These have been taken out often during
the past year, more than 1000 entries hay
ing been made In the record of the libra
rian since the teachers began taking out
the books.
The library is conducted under rules re-
sembling those of the library of the Geor-
gia Historical Society. The teachers are
allowed to keep volume out for only two
weeks, and any additional days beyond
that time subject them to q small fine.
The library is governed by a board of d-
rectors Each school has a representative
upon this board elected by the teachers.
The officers of this board are the presi-
dent, secretary, treasurer and librarian.
Supt Ashmore is the president; Dr. w.
+. Galloway, principal of Chatham School
No. 2, is secretary; Mr. Arthur J. O Hara,
principal of st. PatriclSs is treasurer, and
Mr. f. II. Ferguson, assistant superin-
tendent is the librarian.
The library dues are 10 cents a month.
The contribution of the many teachers
runs this small individual fee up to a nice
sum, and each month the directors gre
able to add considerably to the number OF
volumes. This purchasing of new books is
in the hands of a special committee of the
board of directors. Besides the more thar
700 books on educational subjects contain
ed in the library, fifteen of the leading
educational journals of the United States
and Canada are subscribed to. These are
read upon their periodical appearance Will
great interest.
The dues paid by the teachers have beer
amply sufficient for the support Of the IL
brary and the addition of volumes. The
Board of Education has not been asked &c
help the institution in any way. The
teachers have recognized the fact that the
board has had no funds to devote to any
thing other than the absolutely necessary
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