Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-12

dents dents, in thiA laboratory need an ever
present teacher in the person who has
charge Of the laboratory When the
the shelves. the librarian libra Ia IS can a learn his
taste and. by an intelligent interest In
waS of fe rae gSds him an n Of em ne
ploylng man to furnish members of
the state legislature all that is in print
on subject under discussion illustrates
reader needs mott merely instruction in
photography, but iip such matters as how
common things so p demite q in General SaH
use as is alphabeticAl arrangement.
-, The od Librarian RIA styes instruction to
under. such. tuition. Ladies' clubs get the
librarians help in making their programs
and for individual preparation on the
bfarian to send to the fire departments
and street car barns of cities and the
light houses and life-saving stations of
leaning to the homes that the taste of
the whole family may be improved. The
librarian goes with a supply Of books as
ton parks and the library chifdrens
rooms have the story telling hour where
the librarian Is doing the most difficult
to the interest in the books. that are Of
fered there. The teaching libyarian guides
not continue in just one class, of books
and thus incur an arrested development
THE librarian is, in a sense, the head
Of Of great ee sch09 open to tom all by dda
and presenting. as, cooperating teacherse
the authors of all lands and all ages.
This Tbs School tbs teaches ds 9b6 9ra e plan
more intensive fashion. In view of these
facts, it would seem that the librarian
should be, selected. with reference, chiefly
to natural fitness for teaching and should
be trained with strict reference to effect
lVeneSS as a teacher"
From Librarians Side
The librarians side of the question was
presented by Miss Jacobus, librarian of
Pomona, Cal. In series or very peril
nent suggestions concerning the use and
abuse of the library and its librarians by
the teachers and pupils OF the public
schools she took occasion to urge very
strongly the learning of the alphabet, an
old fashioned practice now generally dis
countenanced by modern educators. Miss
Jacobus says, however. that,th duties of
lightened if the pupils knew how to look
in an index, and also if they were not
continually cautioned against the use of
the dictionary and encyclopedia: Just the
two old reference standbys she does not
understand, and none of the teachers
present at the meeting undertook to en-
tighten her.
Suggesting that the pupils of the school
should be taught the PROPER use of the
books and also urging that the teachers
warning to the librarian before sending
a group of boys and girls into the library
in search of material upon some abstruse
problem, but offering all her remarks in
a spirit of kindness and with the hope
that by becoming familiar with the meth
DDS, the guides and guideposts of the vast
waste of books spread out for their use,
the benefit might be magnified and in
terest of both teachers and pupils In Ii
braries become increased
President johnson of Rock Hills, S. c..
spoke briefly concerning the need of
working with children to form good
literary taste and emphasized the good
that teachers can do in This respect when
working under the advice and with the
helpful interest of the local librarian.
Officers Elected
The nominating committee. President
Johnson, chairman, reported nominees
for officers of the department for next
wear as follows: President, DIR. j. R.
Kirk, president of the state normal school
at Kirksville, Mo-; vice president, B. w.
Kaufman, Pomona, CAL; secretary, Miss
Ida Dacus. librarian Winthrop Normal
college. Winthrop, S. C. This report was
accepted and the officers elected by ac-
clamation, after which the meeting adj
iourned to meet this morning in conjunc-
ton with the department of school ad-
ministratiOn.