The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-02-18
Address pv DIR. Forbush.

the boy. spoke to an audience OF NOR
than Il thousand on 'The Heart of thu
Boy
The Reception Last Evening.
: The library Of the normal was th'
scene OF n very ENJOYABLE reception last
evening given by the Commercial clul
} OF the city, Tor those attending the
teachers association and conference oi
Charities and Correction and the citi-
zcns of Mankato.
The room was tastcfully decorated
with ferns palms and daifodills.
Music was furnished throughout the
evening by the boys glee club of the
normal and Lammas orchestra.
The event was very pleasant affair
and was enjoyed by large number.
From Saturdays Daily.
The dedication of the new public Ii
brary at Mapleton took place yesterday
with due ceremonies. Despite the storm
which was raging all day, large
crowd of people We're present and did
honor to the beautiful edifice given to
the people through the benevolent hand
of Andrew Carnegie.
The library was open during the aft
ernoon and evening and many awaited
themselves OF the privilege of inspect
ing the building. The rooms were dee
orated with cut flowers and frappe
and waters were served. The Arm
strong orchestra of Minnesota Lake
gave q concert at the library during
the afternoon adding greatly to the
plea sure of the occasion.
Tie read dedicatory program was
held at the opera house III the even
ing. The stage was occupied by the
library board and the village council
After the selection by the orchestra
William l.. Mcqueen, president OF
the library board, in few words gave
a short resume of the work involved
in the building of the library. The
building was erected by the contractors
George Rub and Herman Bishman. The
architects were Claude & Co. The
materials used were purchased at home
and home mechanics were employed i'll
the building. The building as it
stands is entirely free from debt
and entirely built within thc contract
price. Mr.. Mcqueen on behalf of tho
library board presented the council
with receipt III full from the con.
tldLboio VI JllC tullul1P.
j. II. Dabie, the mayor of Maplcton
accepted the building from the library
board for the town and commended
the board highly for their good work
and the beautiful building they have
erected.
Miss Clara Baldwin secretary of tn.
state library commission brought greet
ings and congratulations from the com
mission. She said Maplcton had the
honor to be the smallest city in the
state to accept Carnegie library and
to assume the burden of support which
it involves.
Mr.. Dinehart Was introduced
After Il selection by the orchestra
Mr.. Mcqueen introduced Clarence G.
Dineh;trt WHO gave the address of tn,
evening. The speaker congratulated the
people most highly on their beautiful
library ranking the benefits Of Il pub
lie library With the churches and the
schools. lie thought the library board
had done wonderfully well with The
money at hand. To illustrate this he
said that Il man who a short time
ago was in Maplcton rating up the
various buildings for their insuring val
ne had valued the public library build
ing at twelve thousand dollars From
this it would seem that the board
had done splemdidly with but five
thousand.
The speaker spoke in high terms OF
the resources of Minnesota. Minnesota
has next TO Texas the largest school
; fund CT any state in the union. Will
the almost unlimited public lands, both
timber and mineral this school fund i;
constantly growing until one can hardly
conceive OF tie future possibilities fol-
the Minnesota schools.
, Mr.. Dinehart's remarks were very
much enjoyed and the only regret is
that more could not have been present
! to hear it.
Building to Be Proud Of
; Mapleton's public library is one tc
be proud of. Situated at the corner
: of Front street and First street il
is easily accessible to- everyone. Built
OF brick with stone trimmings and
pillars 1T presents an unusually beau.
tiful appearance. The furnishings are
, unusually pleasing and throughout il
harmonious and complete. Miss Esther
Rcb is the librarian, Mr.. Ed. Weaver
was down from Mankato for the occas-
sion.
From Mondays Daily.
The Conference of Charities and Cor