The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-08

In reilEl0n, Dut GnlS is my religion
and mind you what is too namby4
lpamby and sentimental for boys is
too much so for girls too. 1 have no
patience with the idea that girl is
to be fed on honeysuckle tea and kept
In an ayiary' till she is married, heing
then innocent which means ignorant
and totally unfit for the companions.
ship Of-a man with brains. So strike
out your sentimental nonsense and
pltsomething human into the hands
of your children.n
to note that the list contained several,
[of the Alcott books and this called
forth from him the following in re-
gard to these books which are SO gem.
erally put into every school library
ISnotice that yuu haven't Miss AL.
fcottss books. never read these book /.
and lgneyer expect to- oneither am I
sorry for that great omission, for /
have an'ldea that they are nannby-
pamby. But I have never before
heard OF a school library without
them"
A BOOK FOR ALL AGES.
BY an oversight on the part Of the
committee In printing the list "Plu-
tarch's Lives" was left off, and this
called forth the suggestion from sew
eral that this should by all means be
in the list and also the following very
valuable suggestion from DR.. Bold
ridge il regard to the value thereof:
| BY all means get 'Plutarch's Lives
| This author helped to make Shakes
peare, Napoleon, Emerson, Franklin,
| Alexander Hamilton. Nathaniel
Greene and manyEothers. Mabie Is
right in saying he furnishes pastr-
age for noble minds. Much can be
abscrbedl from him."
Through a similar oversight Web
ster's, International Dictionary was
omitted from the list, and that
brought forth from all the suggestion
that no library was complete without
a standard dictionary.
REDUCING TO A PERCENTAGE BASIS. /.
| The effort to get everything down
to percentage basis does not always
take. Mr.. NlcCantS hit a death blow
at this percentage craze: II teach
mathematics, but never think in per
| SCh III ldSUt ~ dOCoJ oO luuCu
matter what per cent, Of fiction, as
what fiction, how good travels, whose
history, biography, ETC., and what is
contained in your miscellany. could
make up library correct in percent
ages and otherwise worthless"
Prof. Wardlaw finds it easier to
place the relative values OF the differ
ent diviSion-of reading that should be
in library than to reduce the same
to percentage basis. He suggests
the following: II cannot give the
per cent, but the following would be
the order OF relative fullueSs; stories
whether fictitious or true), biography,
history, travel, miscellaneous"
I There Is considerable difference
in the answers that were given in
which the PERCENTAGE basis was made
Prof. McLucas suggests: Finction, 60
per cent; travel, history, biography
and miscellany, 10 each. Supt.
Dreher: Fiction, Is; travel, 30; his
tory, 80; biography, 20; miscellaneous
8. DR.. Wallace: Fiction, &c; travel,
10, history, 10; biography, 15; mis-
cellaneous, emphasizing poetry, 3d.
Prof. Cook; History, biography, travel,
fiction, 10 per cent. each; miscellany,
GO. Mr.. McGhee: Fiction, 10; travel,
20; history, 20; biography, 80; miscel-
lnneouS, 20. Prof. Morrison: Fic-
ton, 30; travel, 20; history, 90; bio
graphy 20; miscellaneous, 10. Mel
ther DR.. Mccain nor DIR. Boldridge
found themselves able to reduce their
| answers to-a percentage basis. but
each makes good Suggestion. DIR.
Mccain: The answer TO this ques-
Jion would depend very much upon
| the age Of the children" DR.. Bold
ridge: Il should not like to be posi-
tive in my answer to that question.
Each scholar would be special study.
One would need more of these livisi.
onS than would another. / believe In
good portion of each, but all Should
lead up to the higher study OF history.
There is one question the answers
to which never fail to interest, and
that is the one In regard to those
books that have made lasting inn
preston. On this point there is
very considerable variation always not
only on account OF the inaccessibility
to certain books, but also on account
OF varying tastes that are always to
be found in children. The answers to
the question as to the three books
that had made the most lasting i'm
preston were as follows:
Dr. Mccain: Bible, 'Pilgrim's Pro
gress" and ''Weem's Marion" DR..
Wallace: Pilgrims Progress" Tom
Browns School Days." Sanford and
Merton" Prof. Morrison: "Pilgrim's
Progress" Tom Browns School
Days." 'Eutaw." Supt. Dreher: Bible,
Tom Browns School Days" Mother
Goose Melodies" Prof. Cook: Blue
back spelling book, Milton, Bible.
Prof. Wardlaw: Mayne ReId's IRAN
Away to Sea-" Young Marooners,
Swiss Family ROBINSON" Weem
Life OF Marion" Mr.. McCant'
Bible, Robinson Crusoe," miscellane.
GUS lot Of old histories. DR.. Boldridge:
Life OF Henry Martini" Tom
Browns School DAYS." Shakespeare,
Bible. Prof. McLucas: Bible, "Ae.
sop's Fables, Robinson Crusoe."
In answer to the question as to the
10 books that should be in every
school library, the variation was 50
great that it would require the nam
Ing of nearly as many books as there
are answers. This was no doubt due
to the fact that several seemed to
contrue this to mean the 10 best not
OH the list. 1t is therefore best to
take the answers to that question i'm
connection with those to the question