The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19

 which was warmly applauded. at the suggestion of Miss Sophia Holmes a rising vote of thanks was extendeo pr. owen as Director of the Depart ment of Archives and History, for in- staiiing the course and for his cor dial cooperation in supporung
 Thanks were extended the car ne~ie Library and to Hon. J. M Riggs. State and Supreme Court Librarian for sympathetic and continuous CO., operation.
 Tokens of Thanks.
 Miss Martha Armstrong then arose and in a very graceful speech express ed the thanks of the class to Misses Greene and wynian. the resident m sfructors of the class, for their sym pathetic work during the term. sne then presented in, the name or tne class to Miss Greene beautiful leatn- CT handbag, and to Miss Wyman gold belt buckle These ladies re- sponded in feeling ternis to the evi- dences of regard shown by the class
 Miss Greene. as head instructor, then addressed the class. declaring her pleasure at having presided over heir studies for the term. and she thank ed the individual members TOT lne courtesy. zeal and enthusiasm with which they had prosecuted their work.
 The class then was dismissed. after which they went over the Capitoi and paid calls to the offices of the Department of Archives and History, the Secretary Of State. and the GOV ernor. They were shown every atten- tion by the oficials in charge.
 Earlier in the day the class spent two hours at the Carnegie Library in practice work. They then came to their places at the Capitol, where delightful lunch was served by Miss Mary Cleveland Barnes. of Montgom- cry, a member of the class.
 On the exercises being resumed, Miss Greene made some closing sug. geetions with reference to certain fea- lures of the mornings work.
 The class was also In the morning addressed by Hon. W. E. Fort, pri- vate secretary to the Governor, and by Capt. A. c. Sexton. Deputy Insur- ance Commissioner of Alabama
 Mir. Fort was unusually happy In his congratulations to the class for their successful work. He spoke encourag- ingly of library work, confirming earn estly the support of Che work by the Governor which had been expressed by that oficial when the class first as- sembled in July.
 Captain Sexton talked for a few min- utes interestingly of the relation of the Department of Insurance to the State government. It was declared to be an Integral part of the State and is designed to protect the invested capital of Alabama citizens. The speaker en- couraged the class to take a more care ful interest in insurance of all kinds. to make enough study of the science of insurance to know on what it is based fundamentally. whether they be men or women.
 Both speakers were appiauded by the class.
 Instructors for the Course.
 The. class has been singuiarly fortu- nate In having as instructors eight trained librarians These consist Of Misses Greene and Wyman, as above; Miss Ora ]. Smith, librarian of the Uni versity; Miss Annie O. Shivers. librar- ian of the Alabama Polytechnic Insti- ute; Miss Eva wrigiey. librarian. Tal- ladega Public Library; Miss Susan Lam caster. librarian, State Normal School. Jacksonville; Miss Laura Martin El- more, librarian. Public Library, Mont gomery. and Mss Lucille Virden, of Montgomery
 Miss wyman is the librarian of the Alabama Girls Industrial School. Mon- tevallo. Miss Virden gave special in- structions in book-repairing and book binding.
 The class itself Is a thoroughly rep resentative body of Alabama young women. Among the number are the librarians of the Birmingham Public Schools, the Avondale Public Library. the Southeastern Alabama Agricultural School, and the Second District AEri- cultural School. Miss Kossie Wilson. one of the class. has been appointed H. brarian of the Meridian College libra ry since the opening of the course. Other menbefs of the class have en- gaged to do work with several of the al Ffo af fine EfnfA
 About one-half the class will con- tinue their studies at the Carnegie Library in this city for the next thirty days under the special instructions Of Miss Jesse Hopkins. so thoroughly in- terested have they become in their studies. ,ito
 The class has been favored with an ususually inc schedule of lectures, which have been broadening and help ful. Among the lecturers have been; Hon, Thomas H. Clark. Junius M. Riggs, Hon. John H. Wallace, Jr., Hon. l. A Wilkefson. Hon. H. c. Gunnels, Miss Sara Clark. Chief Justice John R. Tyson. of the Supreme Court Hon. W. E. Fort. Major A. C. Sexton and Dr. Thomas M, Owen.
 The lectures were largely devoted to the administration of the several de- partments of which these men are the head, However, the two lectures Of Hon Thomas H. Clark are an excep- ton. his first being devoted to the Li- brary of Congress and the second lee- ture being a popular exposition Of the importance and value of The Free Pub- lie Library
 MT. Clark, for a number of years. has been engaged in higher library work in Washington City. At one time he was the librarian of the law library Of the Supreme Court of the United States. He has an unusually keen apprecis- ton of library work, and his lectures were highly profitable. In the first. he described the magnificent home of the Library of Congress. and it's workings and value to the people. In the latter he dwelt at length upon the value of libraries. In his lecture he developed consideration of the library. the public library and the free public library. the later being, in his opinion. one of the most important and widely useful edu- cational agencies of the times.
 Dx,.s Nyir1noo Greene for her part as head instructor in making the course