New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-27
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS.
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY NEWS
NOTES OF INTEREST.
THE RELATIONS OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO
PryBLIc scHooLs-THE NATIONAL
EDUCATIONAL AssoCIA-
TON REPORT.

The annual volumes of proceedings OF the Ma
tlonal Educational Association are In the heo Vi
e.su.ation encyclopaedia in their scope sueh Is
especially the case with that Of the Los Angeles
meeting of last summer which contains more IMAM
rvrel1s hundred octave pages &C matter Naluaoe
as the addresses and discussions contained IN leSe
volumes are the carefully prepared reports Vi 0p
ctal committees which have formed parts Oh 'ie
published proceedings, and have also oeeli is , :.
separate form have proved of far greater seI.,oe
a, ,,rsfv,ne school work. Some of the noteworthy
spec,al reports OF earlier years nave Oeeh ~
the Committee of Ten on SECONDARY r',,1
the Committee of Fifteen on Correlauoh oi ''
sns the ormittee Of Twelve on Rurai Schools'
At Los Angeles special reports were presence W
she Committee on College Entrance Require
this was summarized and commented upon - 80
columns during the progress OF Tue me o 49,.
COMMITTEES on Normal Schools and the Co'iIll,t NO.,
on the Relations of Public Libraries 10 Fupc
Schools. only at the Buffalo meeting ~ ~
body in 1886 that it voted to form a hDlary
section of the association, and with the eAceP ,
of preliminary reports at Intervening hee.i's
g the first definite attempt present 20 the iaIse
,,,soper Of teachers represented in this NatlohaI
Srganization of teachers a working inaiiau td %
sehod Work AS has been the with the other
special reports this one is also issuep b secretary
form al and may v be Ps0fMvTi gn. i'O''
ih Il Tbrangbt out in this report that in the ease
by the end Of nigh school course f6elT ike
adults will lead what they ike ana ~ he various
found out what they like and H. i IN eHT OF
fields to which their tastes run n6iv certain
high order is provided, it is reasonably teadiiV
that the class of reading Whc b fSS the level thus
choose later on viii neVe gr i But to lead up
formed oi,t al in perod of greatest reading it is neces
saIy 10 9GgG in graded series have therefore
been carefully chosen and are heae aoUJa1endafions
ne tS omrittee viii be the readily accepteu
when its PeTs2nnSl S Mess and formerly Pres
dent Of the American Library Associat14n; II of
me Wisconsin Library Commission; Charles T,n Ksi H.
McMgTray OF f Wiams of the NewYork State
De1aTtment Of Public Instruction. ana EIrSS ,r ia
Louise Jones Of the State Normal schooi' TO-
The graded lists which explained by the e e eoeh
grade of school work into those books when ar
10 The class and selections TO be memoTzeo 1meg
ere all chosen from literature Wn1cn n5 7or de-
iiehtful contrast TO the dreary rea9Ims %T Rob
rev yef Of Boston on ''suppiementary Read
ing" among other valuable fTaUne hooks in
fbe schoolroom and of insisting that moooTEe s
POM Oas b eve Of the teacher rather than left until
q remote library can be visited when through
McnrraS N IA 1tTdncfng Children to the Proper
HrarT movement affects the schools II is no longer
the qTsstIT greater question OF leading them to
appreciate and enjoy the best th1 IgG on this
Standard of worth the reading exercises OF our
schools have acquired tentold deeper
have felt new enthusiasm for the grano oppor-
fl,uities of common school education -.
Among the other chapters Of this valuable reporI
are those on the relations of libraries TO normal
schools bv Miss Jones; the establishing Of Libraries
IN villages the present condition or hpraTles ~
rural schools. and the means for securing anu
5rntro1-ing the management of such nprarleS' sus-
eested bylaws hints for cataoguing ana alds ana no
guides IN library work, and admirable paper py
Mr Dana on THE Librarians Spirit ana Methou IN
working with the Schools" Much has been Done
IN The direction of improving the quality Of reading
in the public schools: much remains TO be cone aha
d laa hell ypdf
hands Of every common school teacher the desired
Improvement would be greatly facilitated