The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1902-10-16
cHiLoReNs
Means by which Ipterost In Different
Branches of Reading IL Aroused.

however. that the field is not over
crowded, and that IL Is not likely to
be so long as Mr.. C~arnegie's liberal en-
dowments continue to be made. All of
the good library schools now In exist.
ence are not only full, but have appli-
cants on the waiting list.
The children's librarian holds a
unique position, as q Is expected to
select and advise upon different
courses of reading, In order to do
thas she must not only be a good
scholar, but she must know and love
children. She must understand child
nature, and as each child has to be
dealt with from its own individual
standpoint and the realing recon-
mended must be different in every
case, she must be capable of training
the child's mind 70 the receptive point
In order to properly fill the position
ti librarian in the child's depart
ment, and this work requires a woman
Of exceptional ability.
To interest the larger boys. and
girls in Egypt, and inaugurate a
course Of reading on that wonderful
land, the librarian must have a good
idea Of Egyptology to be able to choose
intelligently such books as will be suit
able for the readers.
On an Egypt evening a large map
of the country is hung on the wall,
and while the boys and girls are dis
cussing it photographs CT the Sphinx,
obelisks. temples of Raneses H., ETC.,
are handed around.
Then the beads, chains, bracelets
chains of coins worn by the donkcys
in Egypt are shown. The donkey
chain naturally leads up to a discus
SIGN on the modes Of travel on don
keys and camels, the beads anu
bracelets to an account of the Gus
] toms of the country, some beads from
a mummy-case to information as to
mummiec, etc.
Another evening will be devoted to
photographs of Chinese and japanese
life, and the children set to work to
hunt up the Chinese. and Japanese
places in an atlas, while a good selec-
ton Of books on these countries will
! be distributed. 1875 Af
On a bird evening John Burroughs
and his haunts will be the topic, and
the children told OF lis love for birds,
while there will be bird books enough
on the table for each child. The
books will be distributed, and every
one will try to find something about
the robin. the use OF indexes being
taught incidentally. When the robin
has been found the books will be ex'
changed and another bird looked up
in the same way.
Another evening will be spent in
telling legends of the Rhine, illustrat'
ing them with maps and pictures. In
this way the child is gradually inter
ested in a subject and the books he
reads are intollig,ble and easily re,
membered.
After one of these special evenings
it hos been found that the children
invariably ask for books on these
subjects the next day, and upon in
Quiry it was discovered that the chill
dren had told these stories at home.
and the elders OF the family had ex
pressed a desire to read up OF the
subject. 8sH1 ~ n
In this way the children's librarian
has a double task imposed upon her
and n calling for a discrimination
and knowledge of human nature, says
1.-The Baltimore Herald. She some
times starts a mar or woman hitherto
uninterested in literature OF a course
of reading which it depends upon heI
to direct into proper channels, s.
The demand for Librarians and as
s~istants has been coming to the DIFF
ferent library schools SO rapidly fol-
the last year as to be somewhat EN-
b~arrassing. Owing to this demand
the different schools have decided
to increase the number of students
taken. d - EftrF "a
1t can be'seen that by the expendi
ture of from 500 to $3.50 a year in
a curse of library study a woman
with a good education and a knowl
edge Of French. German and Latin car
obtain a position. which will bring
hcr.in from the beginning $500 a year
Her surroundings will be intellec
tual, her atmosphere refined, and il
she will make child study" her spe
cialty her opportunities tor advance
ment will be limi,.ess. Mr.. Carne
| GIGS Wholesale gifts of libraries may
he severely criticised by many, but
they have enlarged o very congenia
field for self-supporting women.
Kings A-ep'.
Who is Nj. Beck? Possibly you
lave never heard his name, yet he is
a most important parsonage in Nor
folk on he kings estates and over the
district Tor miles around. What he
says is taken 10 be virtually. as good
as if parliament had decreed 1t. fol
be is the chief agent" of the king
the gentleman who has the head over
sight of all matters pertaining to the
royal estates and affairs in Norfolk
who acts only directly in obedience
to the orders of his royal master. ant
those orders are usually given to hin
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