Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-14


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'tantly travelling and can be had at 80 F
mail COST, simply Dy paying the freight
IN the DOCKS 70 ana from Lies Molnes. q
IL seems as though there Is little ex-
;use Tor any place being without IL
ofsry OF some kino II tney really want
one, ana YET we nave 10 say That there
are 1orty-nve county seats IN our state
without any library. II is largely in
the nands OF tne pnDnc school teacher
70 plant IN tne mlnd OF the child q de-
SIRE ror gooa ieaaing. II Is . good
tnlng 70 remember tnat when the chill
oren are ready 70 ieave scnool one OF
.ae Des1 LESSONS lna. Tue scnool can give
tnem Is 70 iauhcn tnem upon tnelr IN
oepenoens me WIN tasse 1ot gooo
reaolng ana 1uagmen. sumo'ently de-
veloped 10 seiect tne rignc CLASS OF DOCKS
ana the library lnuss iulnlsn Inc oppor.
tunlsy. iresiuens nii.oe hnew "nereol
ne spoke "nen 10 sa,u' ~ IL always
through Tue cni'oreh snas .ne ''est WORK
is TO Dc done 1or the upi1eing OF any
community.
Dr. ANDREWS Cnanceilor OF the Uni
vefsity OF Nebraska IN MS ADDRESS Pc
tore inc association mace some rs'ner
startling statements OF MS opinion In
Inc cuitlVation Oh tAsse 1or reaolng
among certain CLASS OF ooys' whose
mlnos seem 10 reach OUT Ior something
IN ofaer 10 Keep ousy anu la'l 70 use
tne library. inese are tne ones we
want 10 feacn. ne says: = suggest
remedy, pot " VIII snocK some. !
get those boys 70 fead gooo piooo
curdiing snort story, for instance one OF
Conan Doyles. ! CONFESS am past
Il ana yet can enjoy one OF those
stories even Wnen sea sick OF shaking
with ague as nave today ana enjoy IL.
After man reads such 2 story ne Will
oegin TO AWAKEN, ne VIII ask 1or more
and go from this to longer stories ana
gradually reach out to better and higher
things and thus develop unconsclously
into lover Of good reading. For the
rough boy on the street l would rather
he would read dime novel than moth.
ing at all. 1t will lead him to habit
of reading and by judicious training he
may be led to higher things. Getall tue
i schooling possible as foundation. IT
regular schooling is better than none.
! A poor teacher better than none at all.
/ Lay foundation and build upon 1t by
reading and you can never build too
high"
The same speaker also says, II do
r not believe In mapping out q course OF
q study or reading and holding to 1t too
rigidly. A teacher should have latitude
' Reading book reviews instead OF book
4 was spoken of as an injustice to the book
!. as noreview ever yet gave an adequate
idea of book. 1t is as If man should
q attempt to dine upon the odors from
hotel kitchen.
d A number of important methods ant
II plans for library work were discussed
+. and recommendations made-how te
satisfy the demand for certain new pop
ular books. Many libraries purchas'
1t several copies and after placing on
e upon the catalogue rent the others q
y 5 cents week. They soon pay TO
K themselves and may be sold for small
j. sum later.
vi Keeping the library open Sundays
1t they would keep it open for readers bu
d issue no books. Closing the doors o
70 the library is turning into the street an
is worse places those who might be led t
better ways by access to good reading
E The question was asked, "What If tn
clergy object" The answer was, labo
y with them and invite them to visit tn
B library.
r, TWAS recommended that every Nbrar
d take copy OF the magazine caile'
ir "Public Libraries" and thus come y
!. touch with library interests from q
SO over the country. Some one stated tina
le this publication from Chicago Is beinI
sent to the Royal Library OF st. Peters
Id burg. Its bright editor, Miss Ahern, a
a. TENDS many library meetings ana Is
"a great help to them In suggesting idea
N and methods culled from other hbraf
10 workers.
er IL may De interesting 10 Know Una
r. our state library OF oS'ooo volumes
Or surpassed by only TWO IN lts coilectio
Is OF miscellaneous DOCKS those OF Ne'
q YORK ana PennsylVanla. IL Is Sal
I'd that no public institution OF Iowa ma
at shown 9 greater progress IN recent yesl
or than the state library ana mucn is Gu
Of 10 tne etorts OF us lDrarlan, MT. JONI
to son brigham. me special loan Dranc
er Is an Important feature III Us nucn
ao Individual citizens any where cal