The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-20
Milbank Library Report.

p"hn atnegle Library and Heading
Rooms for months of September
october, Novem Der and December O,
ous ri !. ear i'i"' s..k:
ne ilurary was open afternoon and
evenings for the circu alton of books
reaulug and reference work !U DAYS.
ne average daily attendance was
=. ne new reg istration~ were a.
follows: ~ adults, - Juveni e,, and s
conutfy patrons, making a total of lO7
ne total number of volumes issued
was 80: about $40 volumes were non
II 'tion ana the standard books oT Gr-
tlon includes large percent OF the
above circulation. The creates. daiiy
circulation was 81
Inc above includes the children )
report which is as follows: Number
or volumes leased was Hal: of these
~ were non fiction. The creates {
daily circulation was 30 n
The readers numbered 2l2l Of whom
lo-4 were children and so were adults.
Inc greatest daily attendance was A. :.
Inc increase in good reading and
reference work has been very CRAFTY
ing. The reference workers numbered
VI and ~ books, olo magazines and
lo clippings were leased for home use
while many other books and maya
zines were used ia the reference room.
All the material for three .tudy club.
mas been looked up and made note of
on cards and the many subjects sub
mitte9 for material has received
prompt attention. All the books and
magazine articles about Thanks.
giving and christmas were leased for
schooi use and many recitations
lnrnished for the christmas exercises.
Two lists of standard books we're
received for supplementary reading
Tor the high school students and the
teachers OF the grade> have taken en-
re leu, books To read TO their pupils.
NJ my magazines. pamphlets and
ne" >paper articles have been filed
Tor reference use.
twenty EIGHT book, by purchase Sc
and 10 books by gifts have been cata-
iog ned, making the total number of
accession. lS.4. Owing to their worn
como ltlon. books were discarded and
10 books we're mended. Magazines
nave been placed in the depot and
picture books and papers sent to cail-
ofeh VINO we've sick. Duplicate
magazines have neen aid "a ide to
send to other libraries of the state.
we extend our grateful apprecia-
tlon 10 the Elver of the following
presents, TO Mrs. T.. Jones for the
following books:
\ Certain Rich Man by William
Allen White: Fickie by Bessie Mer-
chant: Girls Of ST Node by Mrs. l..
/ Meade: l.ady Roses Daughter by
Ms Humphrey Ward: Poor and
Proud by Oliver Ootic: rupert of
Hentzan by Anthony Hope (Hawkin~. |
HE Claim Jumpers by Stewart Ed /
ward White: The :tig IA, nv
Gilbert Parker: What Mother Said I
by /. T.. Tiddeman.
Mrs. /. y. a ldrich of Big Stone
gave the book ''let Speaketh He. by {
Iiertrude Capen Whitney: senator
Amsden. til. historical souvenir
pamphlets of the "South Dakota
stat Far fromt, Otigin-lSs5 to
1910 its successes and failures. Sir
EDWIN Dninln~ Lawrence Bart. of
-ondon, Eng, copy Of bacon is
shakes pear Mrs. Fie,t. The current
numbers of the Ladies Home journal.
Nelile 1ushy. the Progress magazine.
Melvin HuesDy the Saturday Even
ng Post Miss G. T.. Hall the Trail
u iagaZ'ne. Guy Wood, it,, Technical
Nurld. MR.. Saunders, ScrinnerS
magazine and the Woman's Christian
temperance Onion, the book ..Cotlin
Walls by Mrs. I;o-etto Huller.
ne new books added are a. follows:
itphab"ts Old and New bv Lewis +.
Jay! Christmas Selec, ions by Rosa
n"nd l.. MrNaught. tamons Amer
ban Anth' Is y Sarah H. Bolton.
,rho"I Infringement b.. Elmer o. f.
\ hlte. The New Crowned fixing bv
lerold Bell Wright
Fiction tlam-ted Inarres IN Mary
:. " alter. Keith Of the b, rier bv
randall Parrish Mistress of the
lneyard by Myrtle Reed. Mistres,
:, inerNa and William Hill Green bv
: ancis 4. talirane Nathan Burke.
" Mary $. Watts. The Rosary, bv
florence l.. Baicfay.
Juvenile IN Annapolis pebe bv
lieut.. Com. Edward l.. n.ach: Arri-
al 81 } lmp>un. and Forward Pass
y l.aiph Henry Barbour: Goops.
nd How Not to He Them. by Gillette
Boy lsancher. Of Puget
'onEG By Harold fSlin,lloss: Doro.
ny Dale OF Glenwond school be Mar
aret ienrp>e: Girls of Fairmount.
). Eta Anthony Baker. Helen Grant
! Alden Honse. by Amanda NJ.
Douglas: Indian Boyhooa by Chas.
;. Eastman: Little Colonel> knight
'omes Riding. by Aunie +. Johuson:
little Sister Snow, by Francis Little:
lannel in Mexico, by Eta Blaisdell
IcDonaId: Short Stories from Amer ,
.an History. by Albert T. Blaisdel:
ome Merry Adventures Of Robin
Iood. by Howard PYLE: Songs OF
1e Tree-'ops and Meadows, by Lidy .
'rowp McMurry.
The pamphlets received and filed
re a follows: Laws as Contracts
nd Legal Ethics, ny Hon. Pliny r.
extop: Carnegie Hero Fund Com. !
i-sion: Notes on the Epworth
eayue Devotional Meeting Topics.
Wanted the old Magazines $
on have: The cnrren, numbers nf :
e Youths Companion. and Current :
lteratnre Magazine.
Respectfully submitted. s
MINNIE SHANNON, I
Librarian :