The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-23
material has also been furnished the
students of the Sunday schools, men,

students of the Sunday schools, men,
bers OF the Epworth League, Christian
Endeavor and Missionary societies.
| With part of the money received
from the lecture course committee we
have added to our reference collection
the following list of valuable books:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Political Sci.
ence. Political Economy, and Politi-
cal History of the United States.
volumes.
Larned-History for Ready Refer.
ence. volumes.
arquis-Who is Who in America
for 19OS-l9O9.
Moulton-Library of Literary Crit.
icism. volumes.
Walsh-Dictionary of Curiosities
and Popular Customs.
There are thirty five mag gazines and
periodicals now on file and those
readily indeXeG for reference work are
as follows:
American Monthly Mag azine, Bay
View, Catholic World. Century, Char
tiles and Common Chautauqua. Cos
mopolitau. Engineering News, Every
bodys, Harpers Monthly, Housekeep-
er, Ladies Home Journal. Literary
Digest, Lippencott Missionary Re
view of the World, Mcclure, Alunsey,
Outing, Outlook, North American
Review, Putnam, Review of Reviews,
Scientific American, Spirit of the Mis-
sions, ST. Nicholas, Technical World, :,
Woman's Home Companion, World
Today and Worlds Work.
Consideration for others is the first
law of this department and the Young
people who work here have respond
ed to our requests in this matter with
a promptness and courtesy which is
highly commendable.
CATALOGUING.
l20 new books by purchase and 60
by gifts have been added. making the
total number of accessions 1909. On
account of their worn condition 81
volumes have been discarded. These
are the first books discarded since
our library opened in 1901. Six books
are unaccounted for, but we hope that
some of our patrons will find them ac-
cidentally placed in their own home
libraries and will return them to us
when the library opens in September.
All books lost through contagious
diseases being in the homes have
been paid tor or replaced.
Books and magazines have been
mended daily: not one haying been
destroyed by the patrons and the chill.
dren have been extremely thoughtful
in calling my attention to the loose
leaves of book and cores of maya
zines worn loose by the constant use,
that they might not be destroyed but
| replaced at once.
GENERAL.
One of the most important additions
| to our library was the furnishing Of
the lecture room by the gift of twelve
chairs of the early English furniture
and two tables from the Makocha and
! Excelsior study clubs, twelve chairs
| from the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, and twelve chairs from
the Benevolent society of the Congre.
gational church. This furnishes our
lecture room very conveniently for
the meeting of the w. G.. T. U. and
study clubs and for special day work
for the children 1t is hoped tha,
/, within the coming year the library
may be the meeting place CT other as
semblys of literary or education
al nature.
Our reading rooms have been made
more beautiful by the gift of pretty
large Japanese vese from Mrs. d.
Gamble, q beautiful fan leaf palm
from Mrs. r. V. Priest and another
easy chair from Mrs. Saunders.
Gifts of books and mag azines are tC
numerous to mention and we are very
grateful to the Makocha club for the
gifts of fourteen books and three
mag azines, to the Excelsior club fol
fourteen books and five magazines
and the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union ten books and four mag
azines, also to others whose gifts We
think we have recognized in past re
ports, but if we have missed on.
please accept our appreciation for the
gift and kindly excuse the oversight
| Grateful acknowledgements Is du'
those giving us their current number.
of their magazines and papers, no
only for the magazines but for theil
prOmptness in remitting them to th'
library. 1t is hoped you will continue
the good work by saving the July ant
August numbers of your magazines
for the reading tables when the librar,
opens in Septembar.
It gives me pleasure to state tina
Miss Ina Clark, Miss Ina and Cert
rude Ely, who acted az librarians dur
Il lOK uy 0UHOuC0 tu0 uESG pdIV Vi Uut
year, we're faithful and conscientiou
workers and discharged their dutie
in q most commendable spirit.
! This last month every spare mo
ment from our regular duties has beel
devoted to entering our 500 volume
in the new accession book, labelling
each book with new accession mum
ber, and also placing on each thei
classification number that in the com
ing year all books of one class o.
subject may be placed together op ON
shelf and not scattered as heretofore
haphazardly through the library.
1t is seen much work has been done
but much more remains to be accom-
plished.
l am glad of this opportunity to ex
press my appropriations of the enthu
siastic support you have given me il
all my undertakings. Your hearty en-
couragements and appreciation of tn
| notronc ~ tho 1ihr hoyo modo thI