The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-01

| two great events in the history of
| Francis little town were approach
/ ing. The president of one of Texas
| leading universities was to take his
inaugural chair on the same day that
| a new library opened its doors TO the
world. Francis had been reading
about it for weeks. She almost en-
| We'd the fortunate people the part
/ they were TO play. The actors them
selves in the dual drama were no
| more enthusiastic than our ambi-
! tious but shy maiden of Is summers.
| So carried away was she by the rap
ture of it all that one day an inspi-
| ration semed to come over her all at
once. IN do it," she exclaimed. and
siezed pencil and tablet and wrote
| in a strong bold hand.
THE influence of public library
on town and community"
Yes Francis in her glowing en-
thusiasm had assumed the audacity
of writing an essay on the above sub
ject to be printed in the dedication
edition of the town paper. She
tried to do her best, to grasp the full
meaning and scope of her subject,
I'd like to reproduce it for you, but
CONSTANT ltithSl CodIdS- -lJElBl SHIe
I'm not as smart as she was. She
said something about it being a
wonderful, blessed and responsible
privilege to found library. She
said it was like planting of seed
from which perennial harvest would
be gathered by future generations.
She compared it to light house
founded on solid rock She said
that knowledge like rays of light
would shine afar and guide, direct
and hold in check struggling hui
mainly. She called the library a
monument of education, and said
1t would be constant reminder of
the founder and the generous dona-
tons that made such a structure pos
sible. She grew eloquent and said
within those four solid walls was the
common meeting ground of the past
and present, that we of today could
therein reach across the laps of CEN
turtles and shake hands with prehis-
toFic heroes. She reminded her
readers that there they could learn
of the manners and customs of all ma
tions, during all times of the worlds
history-that there they could find
the birth, progress and decay of EN-
pires-that tragedies and comedies
of human life as depicted by histo-
rians would greet them from every
shelf. She told them that there they
would become acquainted with the
great heroes and heroines who have
moulded the destiny of nations. She
admitted that the"half couldn't be
told, OF the influences that animated
from those walls.
She stated further that an al
round library must be progressive,
must be on the alert to keep ARREST
Of the times, that as the worlds his
tory was enacted the latest and tru-
est accounts should find a place on
the library shelves. Then she made
little preachment and stopped
She said something about the walls
might DE built as high as the sky of
the finest rarest and costliest of mar
ble-that its tables might groan be-
meath the weight of ponderous and
massive volumes crammed from COW
er to cover with mighty learning,
Yet if we as human beings did not
apply our selves and make use of |
this vast store of accumulated know |
ledge. the whole pile would be as |
ca IS fAtA IAAbe wall Due E4OEtA H6F /
essay by entreating the boys and |
girls TO appreciate their advantages |
and improve their time and oppor- |
tunities, that on them depended the /
future success of our government.
Well, Francis finished il AT last. /
mad ! wish ] could state that her es-
and ! wish I could state that her es-
say was such a monster stroke of
genius that she evineed such un-
nistakaole talent that at one grand
bound she leaped into the front rank
II her worshiped circles. In books
Francis was just a little every day
home siTi and IL any O: the smart
'et ever said anything about her
'ieee pro or con she never heard IL.
iil that she Knows Is that The editor
vas kind enough 20 20 print II and
.h@ marked Que copy and sent 90
Der OLD grandmother in distant
rate who thought Francis was awful
mart. but some times sFandmothers
,et 0lp their dutnge YOU know. Out
.ii3 f fbc home folks aud few
friends Who forgot her piece before
De next daT Francis heard bat little
about The child q her brain. hut
or sli that she can produce proof
hat rhe had Hel fluNeF ia the deal.
alton pie. and that's enough for her
ugf now she IS esitlue Tor more
worlds f8 runurzer