The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-06
MEETING OF LIBRARIANS
To Be Held in This Village Tomor
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To Be Held in This Village Tomor-
row
The state board of library commits
sioners and the officers of the local
library will hold a public meeting in
this village tomorrow. The program
will be as follows
Afternoon
In the Congregational chapel at
2:3O p. m.
Greeting by Philip r. H. Pierson,
trustee of the Bennington Public Lii
brary.
Interesting the Public in the Lib
rary-
(a) Liberal Rules,
Miss Alice Shepard, Springfield, Mass
(b) Commission Work,
Miss r. W. Wright, secretary of the
Vermont Commission, Montpelier
(c) Enlisting the Children,
Miss Angie Melden, Bennington
Five Minute Reports
Raising Money,
Miss II. NJ Gray, Dorset
Selection and Purchase of Books
(a) For Young People,
Mrs. c. NJ. Winslow, Brandon
(b) Economy and Timeliness of
Purchase,
Miss E. S. Lease, Montpelier
Book Reviews,
The Years Best Fiction,
Miss Eleanor Eggleston, Manchester
Some Outdoor Books,
Miss Il. S.. Hills, Lyndonville
The Library and the Young People
A. W. Varney, Supt. Bennington
Schools
Ca) Cooperation of School and
Library,
Miss Hazel Mcleod, Bennington
(b) The Story Hour,
Miss Lucy d. Cheney. Rutland
(c) Travelling Library for School
Use,
Miss r. w. Wright
Evening
In the Congregational church, ST.
y. m.
Introduction by the Rev. George S
Mills
DR.. Guy Potter Benton, president Of
the University of Vermont Bur
lington, will speak on "Samue
Adams, Patriot"
The Board of Library commission
ers will open a school in the Benning
ton public library at 9 a. m. the stt
of May. Such subjects as accession
ing. classifying, cataloguing. shelf
listing, charging, mending Of books
preparation of books for the bindery
keeping of accounts and of statistics
etc, will be explained. Opportunity
for practice in any branch of library
work, under the direction of a train
ed librarian, will be given. Mrs. p
| Wellington Bragg, the we'll know
story-teller for children, will tell
story to certain grades from the pub
lie school on Wednesday at D. m
IL is hoped that she will be presen
at the Tuesday afternoon meeting.
b Glasses will meet both morning an,
, afternoon for two, possibly for tire,
, days; but a part of either Wednes
day or Thursday will be set aside I,
see Bennington and the monument
Miss Wright of the New York stat
/ library school and Miss Meden o
t the Springfield, Mass, library vii
I have charge of the school.
The Civic League of Bennington
? has arranged to entertain the visit
r ing librarians and those who expec
e to attend the meetings or the schoC
= and accept the hospitality of tn
r league should apply to Miss Melde
as soon as possible, stating time G
S arrival and probable length of sta,
0 Address Miss Angie Melden, Publ
{ Library, Bennington.
: The school is in Bennington 70
e the convenience of librarians in tha
n section; but all Vermont librarian
a library trustees. and school teacher
;. are invited to attend.
}. The state board of library commi
/. sioners consists of Mrs. c. NJ. Win
e low, Brandon; o. M Goddard, Mon
d pelier; Miss +. b. Fletcher, Proctor
e vile, Miss c. II. Clement, Rutlan,
h Miss r. w. Wright, secretary, Mon
e pelier