The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-17

Lie C1ul Gil d1lu the SCHOOLS art
intellectual centers, but all mer
are not in the church and we ar,
soon passed the High School ant
itB influences. We need some
thing to keep us going when
the day OF school study are pass.
ed. The Public Library will as
sist in doing this. He then told
of how the poor boy often take;
his first step upward from first
step he takes into the city Ii
brary and often never stops until
he has reached a place where the
city that gave him start will be
proud to say he is a Plymouth
boy.
The fourth reason he gave was
that the Library gave us a So
cial center. A public place where
young people could meet each
other and form acquaintance in
stead of forming them on the
street, the public hall and the
public place of amusement.
The fifth reason was that the
Library furnishes a Community
center. On this point he elaborat-
ell considerably to show that a
common intellectual center was
exceedingly necessary for any
people who were progressive. We
need a common place where we
can meet in committee meet
ings OF all kinds for the public
good. We have no such place. We
must either 60 to a church or a
private house or office some
where. II We had Library there
would be rooms which could be
used for public purposes and COM
mittees OF all kinds could hold
their gatherings there and BY
that means make the building
the center OF the community life
that would be indispensable. The
sixth reason he gave was gen.
eral one-Every community
ought to have a library to keep
up the intellectual staa- lard of its
people. In these days of many
books this cannot be done unless
the people have a way to get at
the new books and have a place
to read them.
The Pastor was then asked a
number of questions about the
sustaining of the Library. Do
Cities which have libraries after
a while find it a burden? To
which he answered that he had
never heard Of any. But rather
had been in quite a number oi
cities where the Library was the
chief center of pride and interest
No city.has ever been heard oi
that has asked to have its Ii
brary removed after it was once
built If any city should do such
thing it would be its eternal
disgrace for that would indicate
the dieing of its intellectual life
and its speedy return to. the days
OF barberism.
The question was then asked
how the Library was maintained
He answered that the Law was
very specific on that, and had
outlined the plan for the NUM-
cipal Library very minutely. He
then gave this plan and told the
ladies that the tax was one-half
of one per cent on all property.
| This amount would be so small
that no man who had any public
spirit would object to it. For this
citv the income would be about
$500 and if the Township would
be given the privileges that
amount would be increased con-
siderably. This would easily sup
port the Library in every way.
A revised list of the commit
tees representing the various or
ganizations, which constitute the
membership to this organiza-
ton is as follows:
Ladies of the .Maccabee. Mes
DANES III. A. Armtrong, Clinton
CRUDE. and f. r. Monroe.
Ben Hurs. Mrs. l.. M. Lauer,
Miss Frances Emerson and Miss
Carrie Reeves. - ps
Onder of Eastern Star-Mes-
DANES Harry CRUDE, s. z. Boys
and Miss May Swindell. 'i'
Women's Relief Corps-Mes-
DANES Mary Hilton, ]. E. Hough.
ton and ]. NJ. Steele.
Nonpariel Club = Mesdame:
Floyd Bunnell, Herbert Gibson
and c. E. Harris.
Fortnghtly Club-Mesdames
C. A. Reeve, M. NJ. Lauer and H
A. Logan
ROYAL Observation-Disclosures
n. F. Rockhill, ]. NJ. Steele and
F. A. VanCuren. .ifi
Twentieth Century-C. Fire
stone. F. F. earn and George
Marks.
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