Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-25
The PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Annual Meeting Showed Library m Fine
Cordiior-Some Suggesuons.

The Public Library is growing src
pyoyes 90 he in very fiour,-h'uG con.
dition-fr0tn reports msd- n, the hr-t
animal meeting e he Library A-.orra.
,;op. which was hrli ct the Library
,ooms on Iau. 1911. 1907.
The following i. the report % The
sxseutiv, committee. which i gwen
here for the bench, ~ the mcm0rrs:
Every subsrrihrr'oIh tin Library terng
q member 81 the g.sOr'riIuu, L.
admitted to al rhe IriyiirCe. OF the
association.
On Jan. L., 1853, tn Goire.vil'e
Public Library Uas established through
The efforts Of the THeut,eth Century
Club, 1t Oh ch time their entire Ii.
hrsry ~ 500 " um,. were turned over
IN the assrc'Ation. And the cNecutive
comm tee Wa trqIes'rd - ft up
new quarters ana move ne library
which WAS done. and 1t was opened 10
The public jan. lO.h.
During the same mouth there WIS
donation from the Board Of PunI
Instruction Of the Old Est Flodta
Seminary Library composed of $50
volumes
GA March 1T, n collection ~ books
Numbering ninyty.fve volumes Was
donated ~ Mrs. Z c. + sanchez.
The Phlomathc Circle donated
three volumes, Mrs W. NJ. Bradford
seven volumes, Mrs. Il Il. Crawford
nine volumes, Mrs. G. A COlclough
seventeen volumes, Mira. W. y. sheats
seven volumes, Mrs. Geo. Reddick one
volume. Mrs. w. NJ. Dale one volume,
Mrs. A. L Foster two volumes, Mrs.
J. w. Tench eleven volumes, Mrs.. .
Margaret Howard twenty volumes,
Mrs. Chapman one volume, The TWEEN
iieth Century Club eight volumes,
Mrs. @. A. Colclough five volumes,
Mrs. T. F. McBeath eleven volumes,
The Twentieth Century Club eleven
volumes.
Magsz mes have been donated regu.
larry 10y Mr.. and Mrs. J. A Goodwin.
and occasionally by others To THE
the purchasing committee have added .
current literature and late fiction as
the library funds would allow. II now ,
Numbers l.l5S volumes, an Increase Of .
$50 volumrs during the year.
The library not being self.su2port.
ing, the executive committee was
called upon early in February TO raise !
money with which 10 meet the current
expenses OF the year. A dramatic and
musical entertainment WAS decided
upon, which came Of May 18th, and
from which was realized 1852 Anoth-
er was given October 25th. which net.
ted sl5 80. and thus expenses we're
met and the interest OF the library
kept up by addings few new books oc.
essionally.
In the work Of fitting up the library
rooms and getting up these entertain.
neuts we have met with great encour.
agement from the people gene rally. and
from the business men particularly,
who have made liberal donations from
time TO time.
We think the Pepper Publishing
Company are due special mention and
thanks for the liberal discounts on
materials and work. and also TO The
Gainesville sun for the very Rener-
Gus amount Of advertising they have
done for the library.
The coming year We hope to make
the library seli.supporting, and to this
end the executive committee recon-
mend that a wOman's exchange be
established in connection with the Ii
brary Association, believing that such
an exchange. IL properly conducted,
would pay all the expenses of the IL
brary. II vas also recommended that
the books be catalogned snd printed
IN pamphlet form .snd kept in the ii.
brary at nominal sum for the con.
whence Of the subscribers; also that
She library rules be- adopted, AID
printed in large plain type and put in
the library.
The above recommendations we're
unanimously adopted by the asso.
citation, and the womsn's exchange
will be established at once, aud We
earnestly ask the hearty cooperation
Of the public in this work OF mAintAin-
inR the Public Library,