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

.heayenward. He ought to soa stem
ping pretty lively on This earth, anu
with pa broad 5tlat foot to0,s str ying to
be honest and use fnl and loving and,
true, getting his!reward s,ut OF this
kind of living, not putting his eye on:
harps and rUsebeds and idleness.
Don't misunderstand me. believe
lin religion, but this Is my felig ion
and mind you what is too namby.
pamby and sentimental for boys is
too much 50 for girls too. l have no
patience with the idea thata girl is
TO be fed on hOneysuckle tea and kept
lin an 'agiary'' till she is married. heipg
then tinnpcent' which means ignorant
and totally unfit for the com panion-
lship of:a man with brains. So strike
Eput something human into the hands
ofyour children.
By an, oversight Mr.. Nice Ghee failed
to note that the list contained several
Iof the Alcott books and this called
forth from him the following in res
Igard to these books which are so gem
orally put into every school library:
Isnotice that you haven't Miss AL
fcotbss books. i never read these book
land lsneyer expect toneither am I
sorry for that great omission, for /
have an idea that they are namby-
lpamby. But I have never before
heard of 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 in regard to the value thereof:
BY all means get 'Plutarch's Lives.
This author helped to make Shakes
pcare, Napoleon, Emerson, Franklin,
Alexander Hamilton, Nathaniel
Greene and manycothers. Mabie is
right in saying he furnishes pastr.
age for noble minds. Much can be
absorbedl from him."
/ Through 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 dowr
to percentage basis does not always
: take. Mr.. McCants hit death blow
at this percentage craze: II teach
mathematics, but never think in pc
cents. In TACT, it doesn't SO muct
matter what per cent, Of fiction, q!
what fiction, how good travels, whose
history, biography, ETC., and what Il
, contained in your miscellany. / coull
: make up a library correct in percent
ages and otherwise worthless"
Prof Wardlaw finds il easier t;
| place the relative values OF the differ
j ent divisionsof reading that should b.
: in a library Nian to reduce the SAM
J to percentage basis. He suggest
5 the following: L cannot give tn
: per cent, but the following would b.
tho order or relative fullneSs; storie
: (whether fictitious Cr true), biography
: history, travel, miscellaneous"
I There is considerable ditferenc,
: in the answers that were given il
which the PERCENTAGE basis was made
S Prof. McLucaS suggests: Finction, 6
' per cent; travel, history, biograph
, and miscellany, 10 each. Supt
y Dreher: Fiction, l5; travel, 30; his
tory, 80; biography, 20; miscellaneous
A 5. DR.. Wallace: Fiction, &c; travel
a 10, history, 10; biography, 15; mis-
: cellaneous, emphasizing poetry, 80
G Prof. Cook; History, biography, travel
!. fiction, 10 per cent. each; miscellany
S 60. Mr.. McGhee: Fiction, 10; travel
: 20; history 20; biography, 80; miscel
' laneous, 20. Prof. Morrison: Fic
y tion, 80; travel, 20; history, 20; bic
j graphy' 20; miscellaneous, 10. Mel
ther DR.. Mccain nor DR.. Boldridg
. found themselves able to reduce thei
-lrnsWerS TO "a percentage basis, bu
, each makes good Suggestion. DR.
Mccain: ""The answer to this aues
tion would depend very much upo
: 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 divisi
ols than would another. believe il
Il good portion of each, but all Should
lead up to the higher study Of history
There Is one question the answer.
to which never fail to interest, ant
that Is the one In regard tn those
books that have made lasting i'm
preston. On this point there is ;
very considerable variation always moi
only on account OF the inacccSsibility
to certain books, but also on account
of varying tastes that are always tc
be found in children. The answers tt
the question as to the three book.
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" TON
Browns School Days" Sanford and
Merton" Prof. Morrison: Pilgrims
Progress" Tom Browns School
Days." Eutaw." Supt. Dreher: Bible
Tom Browns Schoo! 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 liobinson," Weem
Life Of Marion" Mr. McCant'
Bible, Robinson Crusoe," miscellane.
Gus lot of old histories. DIR. Boldridpe,