The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-07


Ventlon OF the Iowa librarians which
VIII be held in Davenport next week
mas been completed and is given be
low On Wednesday there will be q
JOINT session with the Illinois libra
rlans who will be meeting in Rock Is
land. The program is as follows:
PROGRAM
Tuesday Afternoon, October II.
Session to be held in the Davenport
public library club rooms
2:0O-Address of Welcome-Hon A.
&c. Mueller, mayor of Davenport and
Hon. c. M. Waterman, president Ii.
brary board.
Response-Miss vina E. Clark, first
vice president.
Address by the President-The Val
lie of Local History in the Public Ii
brary-1rving B. Richman, Muscatine.
Reports of Officers-Secretary and
treasurer.
Notwithstanding Demand
!! by Supplying It''-Miss Fanny Duren,
Waterloo. Discussion.
4:OO-Five minute reports of district
chairmen-Mrs. F. F. Faville, Storm
Lake; Mrs. Florence G. Anders, Iowa
Fails; Mrs. Martha H. Bangs, Carroll;
Mrs. Charlotte V. Bryant, Newton
Miss Sarah Palmer, Red Oak; Miss
Eva G. Denny, Washington.
b:O0-lowa Summer Library School
Reunion, over cup O. tea" Hotel
Davenport.
Tuesday Evening.
Davenport Outing Club.
S:00-Reception given by Davenport
library board to the Iowa and Illinois
Library associations.
Wednesday Morning, Oct. IL.
session to be held in Davenport pub.
lie library club rooms
| 9:Oo-Business session. Reports of
i committees. Library commission re-.
/ port on extension work, Miss Alice s.
| Tyler. secretary.
Township Extension TO
Neighboring Towns Ellen L.
True, Onawa. Observation-Disclosures
to country neighborhoods; extension
to rural schools.
1o:3O-Round Table, college and
Reference Libraries Conducted by
l.. l.. Dickerson, Grinnell; Miss vina
E. Clark, Ames (Held simultaneously
with general SESSION..
1:00-Address, State Associations
and the American Library Associa-
tion''-Chalmers Hadley, Secretary
American Library Association.
Wednesday Afternoon.
/ Joint session of Iowa and Illinois
library associations. Held at the
Methodist church, Rock Island.
| Miss Edna Lyman, presiding.
! 2:00-General Theme: Editions of
Classics for Children.
"Old Tales and Modern Adaptations"
Miss Mary Douglass, superintendent
of work with children, ST. Louis.
/ Robinson Crusoe in Many Render
ings"-Miss Ruth G. Catch, children's
librarian, Des Moines.
"a Few Desirable Editions of Ara
bian Nights ''-Miss Edna Lyman, adj
visory children libraries, Iowa.
Value of One Syllable Versions of
the Classics Miss Ada L. Whitcomb,
Chicago.
e:So-Illinois Library school Asso-
ciation-Reunion. Dinner. Place to
be announced.
Wednesday Evening.
Joint session Iowa and Illinois Ii
brary Association. Held at st. Johns
NJ. E. church, Davenport
S:00-'The Relation of Libraries to
Fairgrounds and Outdoor Life in
Cities"
The playground movement, p. B.
DeGroot, director Fairgrounds, Chi
cago.
The extension work of the Chicago
public library, H E. Legler, Chicago.
Thursday Morning, Oct. 10.
Session to be held in the Davenport
public library club rooms.
9:00-Business session. Election of
officers.
10000 = Trustees responsibilities.
The library tax levy and its basis. e.
M. Sharon. Davenport. George G.
Phelps. Clinton. The public library
and the commission form of govern
ment F. F. Dawley, Cedar Rapids.
Discussion led by ]. B. Weaver, Jr..
Des Moines. r. L. Wick, Cedar Rapids,
DR.. J. P. Savage, Sioux City. John f.
Craig. Keokuk. Report of legislative
committee, H. NJ Reed, Waterloo,
chairman Discussion.
Thursday Afternoon.
Joint session Iowa and Illinois
Library associations. Held at st.
Johns NJ. E. church. Davenport.
2:oo-some principals of book
selection. Miss Elva Bascom, editor
A. L. A., booklist Recent poems, A.
D. Ficke. Davenport.
3:3G-Address. The modern ,avel.
Prof. Richard Burton, university of
Minnesota.