El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-21

than men. Il is distinct1Vely an
cationaI work which in some, teSp1s al
may he COMPARED with teac4l-iI7' -
though the differences DeLWCS +ts1
caiIi1ps are more pronounced IuaH
the similarities. BOIn IelulLS osc1
tain amount Of education anu -
knowledge The remuneraIA1Il U. -,
is A small one flnanclally, IL --tior
er has the advantage OF a IONS $500
in +be summer months and OF silO- -
Io,'-g At work The librarian mas no
work to take home When sue 0-tfi
her desk at the library she is ~ -,
she reOpens it, while the IedCllSt -s.+
have to spend a long evening ~ C,-+
davs' lessons
schools for Library Methods,
Until the time of the CentennlSI -
nositfOn in Philadelphia IN 1870 ~
library efforts of the country 5o M
been rather fragmentary anu
tow After the convention helu III
Pbf1adeIDhia at that time, the organ
ization Of the American LIBRARY go a.
citation became more compete dtiu t
different states began 70 FORM us ~ ~
examinations. Advanced sysIe
cafaIoeine- were arranged ana ScHOCLS
we're opened to teach library Ilt etllo.l1
From the beginning, a IdISe - +J,oee
age Of women than men attenoeo IHeS1
The fact that the president OF me
American Library association last , -
was a woman, indicates ine +be
librarians of the country 1900
Woman Librarian Spends S4O'OOO-
The complaint frequently Is LlLe---
+bst while there are a larger prOpO!
tfon of women than men engaged IN
library work, the most lmpoE an 49,,
sftiOns are never given 70 " Di-iI-i
me is only DartialIy true. While ~
present all of the largest III ~ - -
the country are administered os
there is an increasing dlSpOSlIlOn ~
favor women The largest city IoraIy
now under the control OF WollaIi-- =
that Of Minneapolis. In WhlcH - -
Gratia COuntryman IS respollslole soS
the care and circulation Of over zuU,-
600 books and the expenditure OF eLi
annual income of over StU-UUV 90
such a position calls for a conSl siet
able amount of admlnlSIrallFe aO-lLt1
and financial judgment, as wei as lhS
professional knowledge OF Oruiliais
library work.
Work Of Commissions
Women have PLAYED an important
mart i'm the establishment OF the stare
library commissions Of the country anu
in securing apnroDriatlons Ior -, IlDIa =
expenditures. The positions 1llled Dy
women having the qualities neceSSdIg
for this work have greatly adoeo 70
the library interests OF the couIlL4;;
The most important WOrk OF TINS AlllL
has beeD accredited to Miss Mary
Hannah Johnson. as head OF the p1DiLo
library OF Nashville Tenn ana AllSs
Young women have been created Win
having had greater influence Inan %I!y
others in the development OF p4DllC
/ library work in the soutl- -llSS
Johnson was instrumental IN 1Ounolls
the Tennessee state library commlS-
sion. and the development OF traVellnS
libraries which were sent OUT 20 ~
smaller towns. The library ullueI lAS-
MANAGEMENT had number OF oranc1es
and was progressive in each OF It's de-
partments-
In Atlanta Miss Wallace was COM
neIled to work in much the same way
as Miss Johnson. both having 10 ug
mend at the beginning Of their Work
i,DoT their own bOuyant optimism in
securing the necessary FUNDS lot ~
feveloDment In addition to her otn>r
work. Miss Wallace founded hora -I!y
school in Atlanta, which IS the onlE
one in the south giving fun training
in all the departments OF hoT1.IE
work Both Miss Johnson ana MISS
{ wallace were great favOrites with An
drew Carnegie. whose aid secured Lne
present buildings occupied by tneT re-
spective libraries. Both Of the women
have married lately and received lne
wedding gift of $1,000 which Mr. Car
negie seems to take pleasure IN pre-
senting to the girl Librarians who Tor
sake their callinEs for the marin IA IA
altar. Miss Johnson maFr45u -
Philander P. ClaXtOn, the United states
commissioner of education. and IN ner
new career is interesting herself IN Jne
development of the library of that de-
l partment. as well as in many matters
OF educational and civic interest IN the
national capital
NOnpartisan in Work.
The complaint is sometimes made
that the woman librarian IS TOO APT
to be partisan in her office and IN one
conservative town G0mPlalnt was lli4eS
because a woman librarian. interested
in woman suffrage. took advantage OF
her position to circulate Suffrage ut
erature and to suggest the needs OF
Votes for Women" to every adult
who approached her desk If TINS
charge is sustained 1t viii be unusual,
as in the opinion OF those VINO nave
studied the subject, the women uDraL-
ian is less apt than a man to allow OUT
side interests TO affect her work her
daily contact with the public IS apt
to be utilized in some effort TO become
more helpful to those who come 70
/ her for books than for any personal
Tbe influence OF the woman IL
brarian can be intellectually good and
numerous incidents testify that II IS
so Miss Maud Campbell, OF the public
library of Passaic. y j., who has had
much to do with helping the 1nlmi-
grants TO find books in their own Ian
guage. tells Of one hOmesick looking
foreigner who said to her one evening.
Il always thought until came to your
bOokhOuse that an American was too
much hurry up to make money TO take
trouble for a poor nobody like me"
Strange Ideas of Objects.
There are many strange ideas OF the
purposes and objects of the pubic
library. and il is the woman librarian
that comes most frequently IN CONTACT
with them An Italian woman IN an
/ eastern town sent her little girl to
spend the day at the public library be
cause she had the measles and was not
allowed to go to school The woman
librarian who undertook to take the
child home had difficulty in convinc-
/ ing the mother that the nursing Of
/ sick child was not included even In
the duties of a Children'S librarian
Training Classes
The training for library work in the
different schools differs but little in
its scope. Most Of the public libraries
in large cities have training classes
for apprentices which prepare for
subordinate library positions. To Sc
cure a position OF any Importance or
| responsibility a diploma from a library
school is required. The entrance re-
duirements of these schools are not
yet uniform. although they are tend
| ing toward uniformity. Some Of them
require a college degree and others
are satisfied with the equivalent of
high school work The library school
| requires two years work with the
option OF the third About one third
| OF this is spent in catalOging and the
1 balance in the classification of the
| different methods of book distribu-
1 ton. and the other departments of
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