The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-06-30
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The annual Meeting ~ thr State
ldhFArg Association AAh held iu
81 gohnsbury. June 2iu Nj A..
huf y Stone welcomed the lihraf
lane Tor the tgWu. Mr. Edward 4
FAHhautn TOT the Athrnrgm and
Mrs. W Z smith for the Commits
si0n Mlss y " pierce bf Ludlus
president 81 the association ~.
tPuEaed Tor the members. express.
iur their appreciation % the hearty
aelcun9e to town which has pro.
duced 10 many librarians aud fur
nlfhod the Commission with ihros
members
TIE reports Of the sla Yiceprcai
dents covering library work ia ths
different counties. with few cacep
lions, showed increased effirionc,
and larger service on the part al
the libraries and greater public iu.
toresi. The educational committee
reported active cooperation with
The teachers association aud repre-
scniatlOA at many Of the educational
MEETINGS during the year The Con
mission reported an increase In the
number Of travelling Libraries foi
school use and the addition OF stere
oscup"s and views The Commission
a.d association have held four Joint
meetings Ia the past twelve months
Mia Willard Of the Carnegie Lib
Fary uf PiitRburg, made some val.
liable suggestions for getting tht
best books into the hands Of the
A L. I'D n Fsflf ss.V ~
IN" association elected Officers
Tor the coming year as follows
President. Mrs Kate W Barney
Springfield. president. Mis-
Lucy Cheney. Rutland. seeretar,
AMI treasurer. Miss Evelyn Lease
Montpelier Mrs Abba u. Chamber
iain IL Vice president for Windsor
aud NlndhAm counties aud Miss Bef
tha N Shaw Tor Rutland and Ben
nihgtou The register shows the
signatures uf forty members.
la the afternoon Mrs =. welding
ton Bragg discussed the story hout
Va the library. its value 10 the
child as means OF familiafizine
him with the clatsics and with ma
iurc ana of giving him a conception
of artistic form Mrs Bragg told
stories TO Illustrate her points The
Lyhconyille aud Proctor and Proc
toSvi'lt liberties discussed the
rtatti,al results of the story hour
10 tHfe i,Wns Air Go. Il. Smith
Of burlington. read an interesting
aud instructive paper on books on
hfactical tnblccts t,r the small lib
nrry. In the discussion which fol
lowed. the library OF the UniyeF-
SITS OF Vermont bas represented bS
Miss Bates with list OF books OF
domestic economy and hygiene, the
Springfield library suggested IA,
Lppls lJF The flower ghtden. Miss
flTehef spoke OF agricultural books
Mrs Belle II Johnson. of the Con
ne'tirut Library Commission, read
paper on the cbolCe OF fiction. Civ
lhs thr five t"sts as lhrluAge, clear
ness, good lsts trath sId effect OF
the reader She ii,uftshted her re-
marks by readings from George Eliot
and ftUm some of cur modern pro
dGccrs OF novels
Mrs WINSTON and M,s, Smith %
the Commission aud Miss Hills oi
itua6ntlle discussed eom, Of tbs
peA novels aud their fin ess for oui
libraries.
la the svonine the prize OF ten
dollars Ia gold Tor the best eollec
ton OF newspaper clippings adyer
Using libraries work, was award
ed 20 Mrs fbba II Chamberlain oi
pnmfrct, the second prize To Miss
Kate L. Stewart Of Bristol The Re
Charles r. Staples Of Burlington
then addressed the association. His
subJest was Jane Austen and her
novels He emphasized the charm
ing characteristics OF her genius and
the simplicity aud directness of her
art There was a reception afterward
In the art gallery OF the Atheneum