The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-14
TEST OF A LIBRARY
prRITc SHOULD HAVE FREE AC-
CESS TO ALL BOOKS AT
ALL TIMES
PROF. zUEBL1N's LECTURE
Ideal sites and Furnishings for Pub
lie Libraries Discussed - supt.
Lewiston Talks of School Ar
chitecture in ST. Paul.

sNo nublic library is good that does
not allow the public free access TO lts
books said Prof. Charles Zuebl1n IN the
course of his lecture on libraries anu
Public Buildings" delivered last evening
in exhibition hall, Ryan annex. Libraries
in big cities that allowed this Tree access
to books had been found to give the pest
results. The public quickly learned 10
take good care of the books, ana any
damage that was done was more IMAM
COMPENSATED for by the saving in the
wages of superintendents of distribution.
The site for a library should be COM
handing and convenient, declared the
lecturer. The Carnegie library in Pitts
burg. although a beautiful building, was
not entirtly desirable because Its loca-
ton was too remote and fashionable. A
picture of this library was shown, also
one of the Chicago public library, which
the lecturer commended for its convenient
location. The Milwaukee library was
pronounced a good example of desirable
ity Of site and convenience of location.
Prof. Zueblin stated that the Philadel-
phia free library probably reached the
largest number of people, for it's distrib-
uting facilities were admirable.
Pictures of the famous Boston public
library, with glimpses of the interice; OF
the congressional library in Washington,
D. c.. and of various other libraries We're
shown. The new library in Winona,
Mimi, picture of which was thrown on
the screen, was pronounced an admirable
building both as regards architecture and
site.
Passing from libraries in particular to
public buildings in general, Prof. ZuebliH
pronounced the new state capitol good
piece of architecture. A picture of it was
shown and the lecturer pointed out how
the approach to the new building might
be considerably improved. He said that
a tolerably clear vista should be had from
the new building down to the river and
he thought this could be obtained through
the expenditure of a comparatively small
amount of money. A picture of the new
federal building was shown, and here,
too, Prof Zueblin gave suggestions for
the improvement of the approach to this
building.
number of pictures of the various
school buildings in ST. Paul were thrown
on the screen and were praised or criti-
cised by the lecturer. The new buildings
were invariably commended but the old
ones were criticised from the standpoint
of architecture site and approaches. A
glimpse was shown of the barren bit of
Minnesota street that leads up to the
Central high school, and suggestions
given for it's Improvement. A number of
views of the interior of the various school
buildings were thrown on the sceen in
order to show the decorations. Prof.
Zueblin stated that public taste had adj
vanced wonderfully in the matter of
school room decoration, but occasional
ly the decorator allowed his fancy to run
wild and the result was never artistic.
Supt. Lewiston, of the ST. Paul public
schools, preceded Prof Zueblin. Mr..
Lewiston spoke briefly concerning the
progress of school architecture in ST.
Paul, and on other school matters of gen
eral interest.