The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-01
PUBLIC SCHOOL uBRlR|I|
Au Address BY Proi. w. w.
Barnett It the State
School Meeting.


~ =. s..~ !. - rs--.~T ,,sl- ~ 80 r-,.,.sesr.
ssncsnts which wa held il Austin let vssh.
Every pubIic schopl. frosn tho ioe cabin By
80 puS..s ~ ~. s,,s,, "a . ~. - ~
~ YIN" ~. nv, chosen l,ss.ry n each school
] ID Texas can no. 81 sv<rsstins,ed. 4 library
1 ID tho most powerful aid In DEVELOPING lows
for itsraturc Where there 10 no library no
made Tic 0S SUv,ronmens 81 his pupils such that
they are becoming attached 70 the beautiful
the true ard the good. e found IN ltsrsn ~;
las la before him. make this claim because 4
ioyc for literature increases the means q high
Sns s wssy Ky sssrs xss s. maze
protit. The. pupil who forma ( love for GOOD
an insidious danger by which our lives are
bsett A thread Of golden purpose will run
| through. HE life. and the clear radiance from
tlia will brigham. and beAutify the whole,
bsst entitled 70. Judge give utterancs With NO
uncertain sound. mean. BY thes. best ssis
oprortunity 10 test for themselves the varied
possibilities OF life and to compare the pleas
and prs y ass' ana Ssr src have
como TO them from other sources. Permit me
to give you tho declaration q one such per.
Sc s az Ss e stsss " %ss q
MO ny sided interests. He had wealth and
fame. he had rank and power; he WIS q lead
liam, and popular man Of the world; yet this
y how Macanlsy once wrote 70 littls ST
as to 500 that shc likes books. Tor. when she
Ia az old - l am. she will md that they are
p Hs, and sndn sights aG IN liz world Il any ore
would mako me- tho greatest king that ever
nyed. with palaces and gardens ana fne ain.
clothes and hundreds OF servants, on condi-
tioE that I should not read books I would not
be king would rather be . poor man 70
who did not love rsadins. Maeoa,ay VS.:
tainiy understood what he was talking about
be sSos *. @ hour.
for i lite ' aroadsS tho Brilliant statesman
he could G nd IN al hs honor and
the glory and power, which life had conferred
upon him, then surely W.. may ask whether Y
an ourselves
Unless we begin early in NE TO encourare
. reading spirit children viii never become
children below the high school Our hooks
have been q miscsllnnsous collection. moatly
has tesn done BY The school to nut sood books
in reach OF tho pupils One who does not
fern n taste for literature before ls years OF
bnoks so. ne nee ai arse boS
years old, came TO my school. When It was
time to draw books from the library no was
on fix deck a iittle book written In simple
Language The book was Great Amcrlcnps
s Tor iltie Amsr.sar'" H. became ca ,ntsrestsa
expression had no. sccn there before, whom
he asked me TO let him take tho book home
try whore there was no opportunity to get
books. He had never read book before IN
his !'i., consequently did not know how much y
dore their duty, would not have been COM
PEELED to got him started on q book written
,ap sssonS sreas v saiar ty. ~ nag pren
iority OF children in our country and -Si,y
SCHOOLS today. Ah, how great ara the oppor-
ss ass
other Instance ] may mention is that OF
boy who was naked BY friend OF mine faw
Book He replied: Il have never REID any
thing In my life but sPsck's Bad Boy
don't Ike 70 road /" Thl. boy was = yssrs
book By chance fell Into his hands and be
road 1t, but II came too late: the goidcn hours
w h have aSe pa donc so nh. ,o the osveon
mcLt of q love for IiteratureY After an az
perisnee q several years in tho necessary
that what we need is unity OF purpose and
.co.oneration among the tenchers. II our stats
e s aeery viii h
work win move forward with Q. mighty imDe.
city schools OF Houston annually Five y Years
ngo Elysian Street school OF which / wns
nIlncipal. established Library Day and the
programme about books was carried out Nov
our schools. In four years. have increased the
nun Of books. in the library from 100 to
esainple, cascara school had 50 books four
years ago; today this school has library OF
s5o yoi M This is an increase Of 800 per
Tho troubls in the past was the great amount