The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-11

The resignation from council of the
ten members accused of soliciting ana
accepting bribes by the Municipal
league, aroused much comment and
discussion at last nights meeting OF
the North Scranton Mems society In
the Providence Presbyterian church.
and after several strong speeches had
been made, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved. In view oi the approaching election
on the 18th inst. to be held under the mayor :
proclamation 10 fill, among Others. vacancies eN.
stine in the common council OF this city Tor the
First, Sccosd and THIRD wards. that the mcm-
hcr, of this society Use all honorable means to
procure the nomination and election to these OF
fees, of the best idcn Available.
Speeches were made on the subject
by ex-Judge w. j. Lewis. President
nolph Il. Atherton. Rev. Dr.. George s.
GuilG, Z. S. Morgan, Major ]. b. Fish,
F $. jackson and others. All OF the
speakers urged the necessity of select
ing for the offices good men. regardless
of party.
After an excellent violin solo by Pro-
f-ssor G. r. .Walkinshaw. President
Athelton introduced Librarian Henry
j. Carr. of the Albright Memorial
library. Mr.. Carr is the president of
the National Librarians association,
and twenty years experience has given
him II vast store of knowledge regard
ing libraries and all pertaining to them.
MIR. CARR's ADDRESS.
He began his address by saying that
though books and libraries existed
thousands and thousands of years ago,
nevertheless the library, in it's modern
sense, Is an entirely new institution.
In this country" he said, "the libraries
have two or three eras of growth. The
first movement al"ng this line was
made in 1G3S when Harvard university
was founded.
Part of the mental equipment of the
university was A library, and this is
the first library of a public nature that
we have any record of. a furtherance
of the movement between 1888 and 1776
was the foundation of Yale college. a
meeting of eleven or twelve clergymen
was held. and the results of the gath
ering was that each contributed Il
number of books and this library was
part of the nucleus of the great New
Haven university.
In 1871 Benjamin Franklin organ
lied the Philadelphia Library company.
and within a few months like organ
izations We're started all over the states
and twenty more library companies
We're in full blast Then came the
revolution and another lull in the
library work. But in about 1880 there
was a renewed activity and the organ
ization began of young mems mercan-
tile libraries, of which we still have
several fine instances, among which
may be mentioned the New York CITY
and st. Louis Mercantile libraries. In
1880 New York state began organizing
school Libraries and was followed by
massachusetts and other states.
IAN throughout the New England
states have led in the number OF IL
hraries but of late there has been Il
wonderful growth in the middle west
and great interest is there manifested
in the public libraries. In the south
the peculiar mixed population some
what interferes with the library work,
as there is Il deep-seated repugnance
among the members of old southern
families towards lining up at the same
counter and asking for books side by
side; with colored men or women.
GEORGIA IN THE LEAD.
However, there has been no trouble
after the libraries We're started and
the hereditary antipathy was in a way
overcome. Georgia takes the lead
among, southern states in activity in
the movement and, Carpegie's gift of
library to Atlanta has been productive
of many good results
Nov. regarding the value of a IL
brary to the community at large. An
institution of this nature is of mate
and intellectual and spiritual value.
II provides entertainment as we'll as
imparts information and occupies n
general field of usefulness"
Librarian Carr then passed into a
general description of library buildings.
He told of the handsome Peabody In
stitute, ut Baltimore. the gift OF the
late George Peabody, and also briefly
mentioned the Boston library. The
great congressional library at WASH
ington, he said, is building of which
The nation may well be proud. His
address WAS an interesting and in
structive one, and at its close vote
of thanks was rendered him by the
society.
Refreshments We're served by the
house committee and pleasant ses-
sion of social enjoyment concluded the
meeting,
QUARTERLY UNION MEETING.