Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-20
MAINE LIBRARIES.

The Presque Isle free library was
opened for the distribution of books,
July L.
A sociable was recently given in
Sullivan Harbor for the benefit of the
library, and the proceeds amounted to
50.
The room in the North Haven
library building, formerly used by the
band has been put into commission as
a reading room.
A recent gift of three volumes to the
Gorham library brought the accession
books record up to 5000 volumes and
there are % volumes waiting to be
entered on new accession book.
Twenty four sheep bound volumes
of war records and large atlas of the
Union and Conferederate armies, is tn.
Baxter Memorial ibrarys first gift
from the United States government to
the Gorham library.
Among the books recently received
at the Dover public library are will
derness Homes" Through the Year
with Emerson" walt Whitman
three volumes of poems entitled "a
Life in Song THE Aztec God ana
Other Dramas" and Ballads and 9th
er Poems"
The following officers We're recently
elected by the Ladies Library Associa-
ton: President Mrs c. S. Smith;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. H. c.
Levensaler; librarian, Miss Clara
Creighton advisory mmittee. Mrs.
Harvey Mills. Mrs. Austin Williams,
Mrs W. X Bic;Iford.
The library committee of the In
dustry town library recently had q
meeting and the question of loaning
books to other towns was discussed.
Ninety-eight new books have been
received, of fiction. history, biography
etc. The treasurer reported cash on
hand to the amount of $13.33.
The report of the librarian of the
Madison library for June is as follows:
The library has been opened, its
regular hours the past month; many
strangers have visited the library and
an average number of books loaned.
Sixty new books have been added dur
ing the MONTH they have been covered.
catalogued and accustomed: So of these
are fiction and juvenile; four are
Sylvester's Maine Coast Romance
These We're purchased with the library
money Two were reports from the
Maine State Library: three were books
of poems by George Lansing Raymond,
with compliments of the author, and
two were books of the telephone which
were presented by Percy Ireland.
Following is the number of books
loaned; Fiction 500, magazines lis;
bound magazines SO; history five, geo
graphy and travel three; biography
| 1; poetry /; religion 1; useful arts L:
| sociology two; literature two; science
| >. Total 1888
| A plan has been working out in Bar
| Harbor during the past school year 1or
bringing the pupils in the public
! schools to a better appreciation of the
public library and a more intelligent
| use of the advantages it provides. AT
| the opening of the fall term lists OF
suitable books found in the library
were prepared by the teachers for all
grades above the fourth. Every pupil
was required to take from the library
| one book chosen from the prepared
| lists After reading it, he was asked
| to give an oral and afterwards whit
| ten description of the book according
to a specified outline. After finishing
the one required book, an award was
offered to all pupils who shold during
| the school year read from IL
| to Is books and report on
| them in the same way as with the first
book This award was made POSSIBLE
through the generosity of several mem
bers of the Library trustees. A large
number began the work, and Tor sew
eral weeks the library was thronged
with pupils after school hours looking
for books and getting familiar to some
extent with the magazines and papers
provided. The large majority, now
ever of those who began dropped out
for various reasons after completing
the required number of books. At the
end of the school year forty-two pupils
are reported as having finished the
number called for, and each has been
presented with a book from a selected
list. Another means of bringing the
library and the schools into closer re-
lations was provided by loaning to the
High school sets of books and maya
zines selected by the teachers.