The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-16
Miscellaneous.
AND REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC
BULh0 SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

rpraTd % VIC u
-. school libraries. We have re-
III to the matter so frequently
.,se Mt present only six schools
oh county are entitled to State
,,rnty aid in establishing libra
and in most counties this limit
moor be reached. So we again re-
W." our readers of the Importance
..-,mpt action. In every neigh
hood in which The Progressive
g-,,ar j. read, let the movement be-
= once. We should like to have
$50 sections in which The Progress
Farmer is most widely read a
s..1o in advance of the others
na~igbborhoods with better schools,
I,ttar roads, with public school libra
- rnral free delivery, strong Sub
,uisnces, etc, etc. But to get back
=, rrrsl school libraries Gen. Toon,
State superintendent of Public In
.trrc+ion. has just prepared the
niles and regulations governing
.bosa libraries, and we think their
nrbIication will help our readers.
They are as follows:
H PURCHASER OF BOOKS.
The purchaser of books shall not
.,rn over the books until d book
case shall have been provided with
ont expense to the public. The case
mrst be of good material and fur
risbed with a substantial lock. The
doors NAV be of wood or glass. The
case should be Lot less than three
feet high, three feet wide, and one
foot deep in the clear. There should
he not less than three shelves, each
sbout u half inch thick. The dis
lance from the bottom of the case to
the lower shelf should be 10 inches,
from the second to the third shelf to
the top of the case 8 inches. White
pine should not be used for the case
or shelving.
The purchaser of the books, when
he turns over the books shall furnish
to the local manager a full and COM
Dlete list of the books in a blank
book, and said entry book shall
remain in the possession of the local
manager.
TIM TnVtT NAN ACEP
The local manager, shall upon the
receipt of the books, enter in "a blank
! book the title of each book, and au-
thor and publisher, and said book
shall remain in the library. He
shall appoint a librarian and shall
designate the place at which the
library shall be kept. During the
session of the school, the library
may be kept in the school house, but
the library shall not remain in the
school house during the months that
the school Is not in session. If the
local manager may deem it best to
have the library located at some
point other than the school house
while the school is in session, he
shall so order.
Upon the death, resignation, or re,
m0vaI Of the local manager the
teacher OF the public school in the
district in which the library is stu,
ated, shall at once report the facts
to the county superintendent, who
shall see that the vacancy is filled
without unnecessary delay.
The local manager shall transmit
annually on or about the first day OF
June t. the the county superintend,
ent Of Public Instruction, the report
Of the librarian as hereinafter pro,
vlded with such suggestions and OBJ
s~ervatiyns as he may deem desir.
able.
THE LIBRARIAN AND H BOOKS.
The librarian shall be authorized
loan books, free of charge, to any
SENDER Ot the SChOOl over Twelve
Years Of age, and to any patron OF
NE school or donor to the library.
No book shall be taken from the
library until it shall have been
S-arged by the librarian in Il book tc
o7 Kept l1l that purpose only.
a book may be kept out for two
Week with the privilege of n re.
-s"au. A PENALTY of one cent d day
snail De caarged for each book kept
~. longer than the prescribed time.
r-~ '-s prlvIlege of the library shall
withdrawn by the librarian from
my person Who refuses or neglect:
pay arn.a rages, or who abuses OF
D.-H .t.k to be abused.