New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
Annual Report Sounds Keynote
of Broader Policy.
NEW MOTTO FOR 1913
Great S12,O00,000 Institution
Will Try TO Solve Every
Sort of Problem.

The trustees Of the New York Public
Library will put into operation this year
plans FOR making the great 100000 in
stitution helpful in practical ways to all
classes Of people, Th. library will reach
out in all directions and will try TO solve
all sor;s Of problems. The design Of the
library under the nov policy is 20 help
men and women. and children. too. to get
Oh IN the world with the new policy IN
view a new motto has been adopted 1t
reads:
NO matter who you ale or what Your
work or business. we can help you. Come
TO rs"
The annual report o. the library. wnicn
is 20 %. submitted by Director Billings TO
Prosiaout John l.. Cadwalader. o, the
board ~ trustees. to-day make clear the
Intention OF the trustees and directors 10
make the institution practical library
Tor the pcOp!e-a grammar and high
schoo! for the peoples needs. The re-
port a volume OF iis pages. presents not
only the biz things that are TO he done IN
1913. but the .importan; things that were
accomplished IN 1872
The death Of John BigeloN placed John
(. Cadvalader At the head OF the insu-
union. ard George J.. Rves became inc
frs, yice-president and Lewis Cass Led
ward the second vice-presldent william
Stewart Tod became a trustee. succeeding
the late ~ Van Rensselaer, Kennedy.
The report shows that there are now
more tnau two million volumes and
pamphlets IN the library system-exactly
200 20 IN the central building and in the
forty branches III Manhattan. The Bronx
ana Richmond The ceutra! library re-
ceived 2.i2eO7S readers and visitors last
year. an average Of LIZ persons regis
terinS daily in the reading rooms Of the
central and branch libraries. Tie library
systems circulated 1856 books. a
marked Increase over 1911. making the
/ per capita reading in Manhattan. Rich
mond and The Bronx 20 volumes. Besides
the Institution employs 1902 men. women
and BOYS They have their own weekly
newspapcr their own basketball, team
ana athletic association and their own
/ troop Of Boy Scouts II costs S,i54'soZ
year to run tle library $685. ~ OF when
comes out 90 the city treasury.
The annual report indicates that irter-
est I'm American history increased N
+ 1910 More than 10000 volumes were
real bv a daily average Of PIC. The arr
room was enriched by 1879 fashl"i
pIatos Of the first half OF the nineteenth
/ yenttry, by q volume of splendid plates
Of BYZANTINE cnamels and by numerous
monographs on OLD masters. The music
/ division also was greatly strengthened
b Its S2.GSS volumes and pamphlets were
,sed by aees readers The newspaper
room. which supplied IS doilies and
/ weel,lies. 2S4 OF VII cn We're American
was more popular than IN lHl j. IT We
/ consulted By 1.0Jj persons. VINO LA tn'
! benefit of 44ff5 volumes. The perlon-
! icals room had nearly 100000 readers.
/ The brightest and most charming teh I
ura Of the library's activities. a'coI9lh -
/ 20 the report. was its work WIN cnI'qr" .,
! ~ an ages and sizes. The figures snow
! .q5q.O44 little readers 81 clrcuIdli ilr
/ books and l.I40.9l5 children using tnf
/ books. The library had last year -lF"o
/ embossed books circulating among me
/ blIuo There were nearly OO0.OVV Doo".
circulated ia 1872, an increas" OF ABOUT
I 1000 over 1911.
The report Of the trustees shows ~
/ IN. total assets are st4.4i2.is3 3. The
principal invested FUNDS are the genera
! fund. Of sG311,9S2 -. and m" J0nh ;
| KENNEDY fund OF s2.fSo.9ol - The IN
} ,n,pe for tho wear was SJ+6. 93b %.