Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-13

who is the Supervising Librarian Of
State Institution Libraries and who in
the course of her remarks told of
new phase In library extension work.
Miss Carey said: BY the placing OF
books in the state institutions through
out the state and the class of literature
which is sought after by the patients
in the different asylums, and the in
mates of the soldiers homes, a great
work and much good is being done
with the volumes in these institutions.
Prof. George Mclean Talks.
At the close Of the remarks by Miss
Carey. the chairman announced that
President George 3. Mclean Of Iowa
State university was present and re-
quested him to address the convention.
Professor Mclean responded and said
in part:
GLADLY will I accept the invitation
to say a few words, it was hard for me
to find the opportunity to come here.
But my loyalty for the meeting tore
me away even from the most pressing
demands upon my time and am here.
1t is certainly worth our while to cover
long distances over the state to get
to these conventions. The thing we
need is these, "To Get Together
clubs.
eve here today are the representa-
tives of that part of the people in
terested in the mission Of the library,
those who believe that reading is the
means of redemption of modern So
ciety.
Reading A Lost Art.
at is a favorite sentiment of mine,
| that reading is lost art. Few people
know to read and read correctly. l
believe that seal reading consists of
reading what is worth reading and fol-
| lowing the thought of the thing read
| in manner which will render ser
vice to our minds.
Ottumwa's Visitors.
The following is the list of visitors
in attendance at the convention, as
taken from the official register:
Elizabeth Lilly, Burlington; Gene
We've Murphy, Clinton: Mrs. W. c.
Bell, Fairfield; Mrs. Harriet c. Town
err, Corning; Anna S. Gates, Upton;
Malchan Wyer. Iowa City; Harriet A.
Wood, Cedar Rapids; Gentiliska Win
terrowd, Des Moines; Clara B. Willis,
Clarinda; H. o. Williams. ST. Paul,
Mimi; Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney. Fair
field; Mary e. Wheelock, Grinnell;
Lorena Weber, Iowa City Susanna H.
Weare Sioux City; Mrs Lima Ullrich,
Centerville; Ahu S. Tyler, Des Moines;
Mrs. c. G. Strong, Burlington; Lavina
Steele, Des Moines; Mrs. James Shirley.
Centerville; Ida M. Simpson, Maquok-
eta; Daisy B. Sabin, Burlington; Grace
D. Rose, Davenport; Mrs. Edward
Ramsey, Abba: M. R. Parvin, Cedar
Rapids; Ella McLoney, Des Moines;
Olivia McCabe. Des Moines; Mrs. E.
L.. Mahin, Muscatine; Alice Calhoun
Mann, Des Moines; w. P. Payne, Ne
vada; Mrs. D. E. Norris, Grinnell;
Bessie Moffitt, Boone; Mrs Flora Nc
Kibbin, Mt. Pleasant; Edna Lyman,
Oak Park, ILL.,; Katie LOOMS, Cedar
Rapids; Helen M. Lee, Des Moines;
Caroline Longworthy, Iowa City;
Berdena JOY Shenandoah; Harriet
Howe, Iowa City; Rebecca Hesser, Eft
Madison; Mrs. Ida Head, Jefferson;
Lena Haskin. Keokuk;, Marjorie
Graves, Oskaloosa: Charlotte Goetz-
May L. Fairbanks, Mt. Vernon; Clara
'Estebrook, Eldora; Florence M. Espy
Ft. Madison; G. j. Erickson, Boone;
Laura NJ. Duncan, Abba: Helen R.
4 Donnan, Cedar Rapids; Eva Denny
Washington; Mary E. Daily, Council
Bluffs Estella Cook, Charlton; Vina
j Clark, Ames; Jane Carpenter, Fort
Dodge; Miriam Carey, Des Moines;
Margaret w. Brown. Des Moines:
johnson Brigham, Des Moines; Paula
H. Bueck. Davenport; Mrs. A. J. Bark
Hey, Boone; Hannah Babb, Indianola;
Mrs. Florence Anders, Iowa Falls;
Mary I. Amidon, Cedar Rapids; Mary
4 Adams, Atlantic; Bessie Hunter, Du-
buque; Blanch Swan, Mt. Pleasant;
Harriet Lake, Independence; G. A
Waeseth, DEBORAH; Mrs. T. j. Fletcher
Marshalltown; Kate Thompson, New
ada; Vina Clark, Ames.