Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-09
LIBRARIANS WILL
MEET NEXT WEEK
MEMBERS OF IOWA STATE Asso.
CATION WILL BE clTYs
GUE-Ts
Convention Held October 1o-f2-Prom-
lnent Educators and Library Work
ers Will Be on the Program-ses-
slons at Presbyterian Church.

inent Educators and Library Work.
ers Will Be on the Program-Ses-
sions at Presbyterian Church.
ottamwa will have the honor next
week OF entertaining the members of
the Iowa Library association at its
seventeenth annual meeting. the dates
OF the convention being October 1912
II is anticipated that all librarians and
many trustees of the various institu.
lions in. the state will be present
throughout the meetings. Many Ii.
| nrary boards deem it advisable to pay
the expenses of the librarian to the
heetlng each year, believing that
sucn expenditure is returned many fold
IN the inspiration ana practical HELM
| gained.
Where Session Will Be Held.
All sessions of the association will
be held in the auditorium of the First
Presbyterian church with the excep-
! zion OF the address by Prof. S, H. Clark
which will be given at the First Metho.
dist Episcopal church. To all the SEES.
slons the public is cordially invited.
Features of Convention.
There will be number of interest
ing exhibits in the local library in con-
nection with the meeting, books from
the MeDevitt company and o. G. Waf-
he, bulletin collection by the Ottum-
wa public library, and an art collection
furnished by the Iowa library commits
sion
The fourth annual reunion of the
Society of the Iowa Library School
viii be held on Wednesday evening,
October 10, the reunion taking the
form of a dinner to be given at 6
O'Clock at the Ballingall hotel.
The Ottumwa Woman's club will
give a reception to the association
Wednesday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. D. Foster
The Program.
The program promises an unusual
number of prominent speakers from
outside the state. Miss M. q. Ahern,
editor of the Public Libraries. we'll
known to Iowa librarians; P. B.
Wright, librarian of the st. Joseph,
Mo-, public library; Miss Edna Ly-
man OF Oak Park; Miss Gertrude Stiles
of Chicago; Prof. S. H. Clark, an clio.
quent and forceful speaker and head of
the Department of Public Speaking,
university of Chicago, are among the
more notable of these.
The following will be the program:
Oct. 1o-Morning.
Arrival and inspection of Ottumwa
public library.
Afternoon.
Address of welcome-J. T. Hack.
| worth, president of Ottumwa library
board.
Response--NIiss E. M. McLoney, vice
president, I. L. A.
Address by the president-M. H.
Douglass.
Report of officers.
Report of Iowa library commission.
Address-Johnson Brigham, state IL
brarian
Address-Miss NJ. E. Ahern. editor
public Libraries
Paper-"A New Phrase of Literary
Extension. Miss Miriam E. Carey,
supervising librarian of state institu.
ton libraries. Library school reunion
dinner.
"Wednesday Evening.
Reception by the Woman's club at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. r. D.
Foster.
Thursday-e a. m.
Business meeting-reports Of com.
mittees.
Library Binding" Miss Ger
trude Stiles, Chicago.
Report of committees on binding ap.
pointed by executive board, M. G.
Wyer, chairman of committee.
Discussion of report.
Round table: Five minute papers
on practical literary topics with dis.
cussion, conducted by Miss Alice S.
Tyler Of Des MONIES.
simultaneous Sessions)
College and reference librarians
round table conducted by Miss M. l.
Amidon, Coe college library.
Thursday-2 p. m.
Round table of larger Libraries, con-
Quoted by Miss T. Smith, Dubuque.
Purpose of the Story Hour'-Miss
Edna Lyman, Oak Park, III.
Thursday Evening.
Address-"Li Literature and the Com.
munity''-Prof. S. H. Clark, university
of Chicago.
October IL.
Friday-9 a. N.
| Business session.
Book Buying Problems "-Purd B.
Wright, ST. Joseph. Mo.
Discussion from trustees point OF
view by various trustees.
| Library legislation, present and fu-
ture.
| Discussion.
Friday Afternoon.
200 o'clock.
Business session-report of commit,
tees.
Election of officers.
| Library outlook in Iowa: sympos'
ium.
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| ALBA.
Abba. Oct. 6.--In the Crayton case
yesterday Attorney ]. G. Mabry made
his plea for the prosecution and S
Joe Brown of Des Moines for the de-