The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-22
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children in stages from their homes.
Each school would care for the chill
dren 10 section comprising approx
mately five miles square. The schools
should teach not only the ordinary
branches but should include in the
curriculum studies, tending to help
the farmer ia his work.
Miss Sarah B Askew. Of Trenton, a
member Of the state library commss
sion, proved very entertaining and
convincing speaker. She asserted that
there were 1852 towns with less than
500 inhabitants in the state as we'll as
many square miles of rural commune
ties, while there are 500. 600 people
living outside of towns, villages and
boroughs, most Of whom are ia need
of libraries These sections are too
small often to support libraries. Her
personal investigation disclosed that
one company sold in this state $1,000
OF the dime novels while sc, 1000 copies
of a magazine containing the poorest
class OF literature was distributed TO
readers outside of cities OF the first,
second and third classes. She had
visited fifty communities OF less than
500 Inhabitants and twenty small
schools and found that three. fourths
OF the children either had dime novels
or borrowed them.
The travelling libraries are trying
to bring to the man and woman, the
boy and girlof the country the advan-
tages OF good reading enjoyed by the
city residents, was asserted by the
speaker. The reading habit needed
development in the country and read
ing courses should be established.
There should be a library center in
every farm community where the
state could send its books in lots of |
fifty as well as any special books asked |
for. Miss Askew closed her address
by asserting that during the past year
the commission has circulated l25, 900
books and had also loaned special
books numbering 12,000.
Mrs. Frank Amber Pattison, presi- |
dent of the state federation of wo-
mems clubs, made an address on s4The |
Woman's Club in Country LIFE She
showed that the woman's club, taking T
up the subjects OF heredity, including
history, ideals, religions, art and /
literature, and environment, in
cludfng the civic movement, embraced (
the whole range Of study and would /
provide country women plenty OF sub
jects Dor discussion and Incidentally /
uplift them to a. higher plane OF IifeE
and Thought
After explaining the purpose and J
plan'of womeE's clubs Mrs. Pattison
closed with urging the Formations of I
clubs among the country women.
Prof. Scudder closed the aftesnooR.f
session by summing up the addresses
of the morning anClafternoon and thenlI
calling for vote of thanKs to, the,l
meeting hich'wa&carTiea.
DR.. George Fisher, OF she In5erna-
lEional committee of the Young Mems
Chlistian associaWon, spoke at the
avening session on Organization III
Rural Communities in Relation tai
Hygiene and SaniSatiou.
He suggested tlsat all philanthropiai
organizations shonld make the same I
efforts anisdo the same work for tone
rural sections as. they try To- accom-.
plish in the cities. and asserted that
unless there was an organized effDrt
by the rural people for sanitation
and hygiene tina death raae in the
country would continue to BE higher
than that OF the city.
eld'Secret&sy p. q. ORIG. tasdlof
the organizaUion,and work 0fIthe Boy
Scouts. and moving pictMres, we el
shown of the scouts in camp.
Miss Viola Schnagendonf presented
several folk dances aided by children
OF sglsild of St. Peser's church. The
dances were very pretty and we'll
danced and showed the possibilities
for eniOymeRu and exercise as. well as /
the attaining of gRacefulness that can /
be had by these dances.
Moving naetureaof a. May day festi--
yival in California we're also shown.
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