Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-13
VISITING LIBRARIES
Senior and Junior Glasses of
New York School Here.
MAKING TOUR OF CITY
ANNUAL TRIP OF INSTRUCTION
TO VARIOUS CITIES
Take In Library Of Congress and Other
Interesting Collections Of Books
Those in the Party.
MAKING TOUR OF CITY

"aSnlngtonS many libraries are being
visited today and will be tomorrow by the
members of the senior and Junior classes of
the New York State Library School, of AL
bany, N. Y. The party Is under the d. 4
rection of Mrs. Salome C. Fairchild. vice
director of the school The party numbers
about forty, and. during their visit to the
capital city they will have their head
quarters at the Hotel Driscoll, 1st and
streets northwest
This trip of the students of the New York
State Library School is an annual one,
and includes visits to libraries at New
York. Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Wash
ington. The party left Albany on the even
ing of Tuesday. April 4. for New YORK.
On the next day the students visited the
Columbia University Library, under the di-
rection of Librarian James II. Garfield,
Teachers College; Bryson Library, under
Miss e. G. Baldwin; the New York Pub
lie Library, Riverside branch, and the pri-
vate library of George A. Pimpton.
Thursday morning was devoted to the
Brooklyn Public Library and the after
noon was spent at Pratt Institute Free
Library in Brooklyn. On Friday, the Mer-
camille Library of New York. the New
York Public Library, in the Aston building,
and the Newark Free Public Library were
visited. Saturdays work included visits to
the Lenox Library and to the Webster
branch of the New York Public Library.
On Monday the party left New York for
Philadelphia, and in the afternoon they
visited the Mercantile Library and the
University of Pennsylvania Library, and in
the evening attended meeting of the Penn
syvania Library Club H. Josephine Wide
ner branch. Tuesday was also devoted to
visits to the Philadelphia libraries, and in
Guided trips to the Library Company of
Philadelphia, Free Library, Booklovers Lii
brary and the Drexel Institute.
In Baltimore Yesterday.
Yesterday the party were in Baltimore,
where they visited the Peabody Institute
Library, the Johns Hopkins University Lii
brary and Enoch Pratt Free Library. Late
in the afternoon the party proceeded to
Washington and will remain here until to-
morrow. az Il
This morning DR.. Herbert Putnam, libra
rian of the Library of Congress, had the
party in charge for "a visit to that fnstt-
tuition, commonly called the mecca of all
librarians This afternoon the party will
study the District Of Columbia Public Ii
brary on K street Between 7th and 9th.
Librarian Bowermanl will do all he can to
show the methods and features peculiar
to his library. "a
Tomorrow morning will be spent in sey-
eral of the department libraries. including
that of the surgeon generals office, under
Walter D. McCawi the National Museum
Library under the direction of N. G. Scud-
der; the Smithsonian Institution Library
where DR.. Cyrus Adler is in charge, and the
Department or. Agriculture Library. III Iile
afternoon the Itinerary calls for visits to
the Public Documents Library and to the
bureau of education. 1t is expected, too,
that small groups will take this opportunity
to visit many of the other numerous DOCK
collections in the city. -4. 49,
Those in the Party.
With Mrs Fairchild in the party are Maui
rice H. Avery Miss Clara l.. Craig. MISS
F'redericka B. Gillette, Miss Marjory L. Gill
Mrs. Julia S. Harron, Herbert S. Hirshberg,
DR.. Walter K Jewett, Miss Alice D. Mckee,
! Leon M. Solis-Cohen, Miss Mary l.. Arm
strong Miss Alice A. Blanchard, Miss Mary
H. Caswell, Charles N. Curtis Miss Kate h.
Dinsmoor, Miss Annie s. Dresser, Miss LII
liam M Gamwell, Francis l.. D. Goodrich,
Miss Eugenia M. Henry, Miss Sophie H.
| Hess Miss Sophie Hyde, Miss Katherine b:
Judson, Miss Julia c. Knowlton, Miss Mabel
E. Leonard, Charles G. Matthews, MISS
Florence p Montgomery Miss Esther Mel
son, Miss Grace ONeill, Henry *. Plerce'
Miss Helen NJ. Thomas, Miss Sarah Clerk.
Miss Beulah l.. Cross and FRANCIS r. w.
Drury:-
For the purpose of better and more care
full study of each of the Libraries visited,
the party Is divided into committees, each
to study a specific feature OF the libraries.
These committees are as follows
Branches-Mr. Hirshberg Miss Gibson
| Mr. Selis-Cohen, Miss Armstrong.
Buidings-Mr Hansen, Mr.. Avery, MT.
Goodwin. 49,
Accession department work-Mr. Mat
| thews, Mr. Curtis.
Cataloguing-A1Ls Cross, Miss Montgom-
| cry, Miss O'Neill
| Classiffcation-Mr. Pierce, Mr.. Goodrich.
| Reference-Miss Craig, Miss Gillette, MISS
| Mckee.
Loan department work including bulletins
Miss Hiss, Miss Blanchard Miss Nelson.
Bnding-Miss Judson.
Shelf department work including access
| to shelves-AIiss Leonard Miss Dresser.
Periodicals and ,newspapers-Miss Dins-
| moor, Miss Thomas.
| Selection and anpotation-Dr. Jewett,
+ Miss Henry. Miss Hyde, Miss Knowlton.
| Work for children-Mrs. Harron, Miss
| Caswell, Miss Gamwell.
| Work for the blind-Mrs. Fairchild.