Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-23
400 VOLUMES GIVEN
 SCHOOL LIBRARY
Library Day. at the Pine Bluff High School Was Com plete success-Big Assembly Hall Crowded in the Afternoon-Dr. Frisch Principal Speaker of the Day-Excelent Program Rendered by High School Pupils-Professor Thach Addresses Student Body What Libraries Mean to Schools.

ReXie Parker. in her charming and unassuming manner, sang "The Lit . tie China Doll" For all enchore Miss Parker sang "Back to Kokomo," and told in her song that Pine Bluff was much too slow" and that she was soon to leave for Kokomo, her native town. The first number on the after noon program was an Instrumental solo rendered by Miss Myrtle Wick. in
 which she acquitted herself admir-
 ably. Miss Winnie Westmoreland gave in her original style pretty ,. tribute to the American flag. Misses Ethel Adams and Maggie Darneil gave very sweet vocal duet and re- ceived much applause. Richard Kaiser presented we'll written paper /, on What We Owe to Washington. It was ably delivered and he deserves much praise for it. The Senior Guar /, tett delivered the following songs: Glover Blossoms" My Last Cigar, and "Obedia McIntire." The audience ; greeted each song with hearty ap- plause and repeated encores. In fact,
 this quartet Is remarkable in it's ar tistic renditions and no doubt equals
 in merit, if not surpasses, any other thigh school or college Quartett in the
 state. Our city ls indeed proud of this musical aggregation.
 :, After the program a High School
 Improvement Association was organ ized.. A number Of ladies handed in their names as members. Another meeting will be held Monday for the
 election of officers.
 Dr. Frisch's Remarks.
 Rabbi Friscn spoke on the subject,
 School libraries and Their Value iI Education" Among other things he said that school library ihould con- , sist of carefully selected books; that a few well-chosen books were cf much greater value than a whole li- brary of Indiscrimina.e!y chosen ones.
 D ,,nt:re cut that Lilcoln had only
 eleven looks accessible to hin, tn his
 s9yl:C ] and Franklin Very few more ] He sad looks and pero 'icats that ex- 1 alt crime like Jesse James stories ana i t,,c, Huiice Gazette or t'."s throw .' halo of romance about vice or lax liv- ! ing like the indecent novels now so much in vogue, or periodicals like the Dramatic Mirror. are not fit literary flood for young people in their form ative stage. He also condemned the "goody- -goody." namby pamby booka with their exasperatingly and eternal ly good heroes and heroines. Like wise the books tha. indulge in mauk-
 isl sentimentality, making special 'ty of pathetic scenes so tha: they ex-
 haled an odor of wet haniAerchiefs.
 as it were, sLould he said be kept out of wirs:e;ome school library. The speaker then oigressed to con- ld,1ln certain kinds of funny" papers
 as well as certain sets of pictures
 shown in the picture shows. He sail
 that .he "Lulu and Leand.:' series
 and the "Alfonse and Gaston" series
 ;n the funny" papers were humorous
 and harmless; perhaps even rod as 'sl;a1:?:ng some it olish co ,veht.t;a'-
 i.ies of present society. ;s.,, in lis opinion the tBuster BroWn"anl the |"roxy Grandpa sets were calculated Ito ieach the children more taln, than good. Kindling fuses and puncturing
 tires and the like are not good les
 sons to instill into the minds Of our
 young. Similarly the picture shows
 were fulfilling a good function when Ethey showed the story of Cinderella,
 but were exerting a pernicious infiu-
 ence by the pictures of "hold-ups, murders and kidnapping.
 The speaker said that the function
 of the school library was manifold
 First, 1t is to serve as a laboratory where the pupils were to verify and
 enlarge the knowledge gathered in the [school room. Secondly, it should Iserve as a power house to send forth lcurrents of healthful thoughts for the [student and family. Thirdly. 1t should tact as a reservoir, keeping in store additional knowledge to supplement stext-book instruction. Fourthly, it is