The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-04
Demarchus c. Brown, Indian
apoIis, Delivered Address
At the Dedication of the
EarIham Library.
INFLUENCE FOR GOOD
CANNOT BE MEASURED.
Addresses Were Also Made by
Chalmers HadIey and 9th
erS-NeW Structure Is the
Source of Much Pride.

A large audience, including the
many friends of Earlham college,
those interested in library work i'll the
city and a large number of students
were present at the dedicatory cxer-
cises of the new Earlham Carnegie Ii
brary, at Earlham college, held Tues
day afternoon in the chapel in Lind
ley hall. The exercises were opened
with prayer by the Rev. Allen Jay af
ter which President Robert J.. Kelly
of the college, made a few introduce
tory remarks in the course of which
he reviewed the efforts made to Sc
cure aid from Andrew Carnegie for a
new library at Earlham, how the in
fluence of such men as Fairbanks,
Senator Hemenway, Reveridge, Can
non and Watson was secured toward
the realization of the library. The
cost of the library, President Kelly
stated, was $4,000, the building not
yet being entirely complete. The
school for librarians which will be
transferred from Winona to Earlham
next summer, was mentioned the au-
thorities of the school stating that the
building was adequate and admirably
adapted for the purpose.
Demarchus c. Brown, librarian of
the Indiana State Library was then
introduced. His subject was "A Phase
of Library Development" and it was
handled in most able and impress
sive manner. He spoke of the library
as center, stating that there were
religious centerS, commercial centerS,
social centerS and as these are. so is
the library center. a center of cen
ters, on which the Others depend.
The religious centers must have books
on military authorities, social leaders,
educators, commercial men. all must
go to the library. The library is the
malnstay OF the citizen generally. not
even disdaining a cook book or the
simplest child's book 1t is the best
thing i'll city and state and yet the
most common; place where every
body Is welcome where every one
should uncover. One result, the speak
er stated, of library is the common
level resulting; where a no more
binding tie can be found: where men,
estranged, meet and share in thoughts
Hustling Important Trait.
The speaker spoke of the dominant
trait Of the American people, that of
hustling, hustle and confusion in the
various walks of life and said that
much which hustling accomplished we
were compelled to undo: that the Gre
ator has given time in which to do our
work. Many who read and study still
have an interest in the stress Of life
Mr.. Brown stated that he believed in
inviting people to use the books. that
they were better used and lost occas-
ionally than not used at all There
are no~more very bad books to be
found. at least in libraries.
Continuing the speaker said: "a
beautiful building, quiet rooms. the in
fluence of quiet, studious people must
produce some sort of feeling of awe
and reverence even in the most stupid
For restless commercial people what
greater blessing could be asked than
the library. The librarian should be
the most sought for person at col
lege and the broadcast education is
not too broad for the head of library,
who is supposed to know about sub
jects ranging from the sun and plan
cts in the heavens to the tiniest in
sects, or a great war between cOun-
tries or a war of words between men.
He should not be a catalogue but a
scholar, one who knows value and not
merely titles, the helper of everyone, a
close companion to Goethe, Plato. Oar