Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-03
MRS. I|!l Mr. l.. BUDLO]NG II {:
TALKS TO STUDENTS
BY Scoop The overlander.

VALLEY CITY, N. D., Aug. 2.-Mrs.
Minnie r. Budlong, custodian of the
state library at Bismarck, arrived in
the city last night. to give two lectures
before the students of the summer
school at the Normal bearing on the
work Of the state library commission
This morning she addressed over
six hundred students-who will be
teaching over the state within a few
weeks-in the big auditorium at
chapel period. Her remarks centered
about the great question, OF what use
is library training to the individual7"
Adapting her text to her audience Of
teachers, Mrs. Budlong detailed the
good library training would work in
enabling any teacher to improve the
community in which she worked, to
help her pupils select. good books and
to aid In selecting ssmall-but thor
ough-stocks OF thSsfight books for q
small school. or
Library training h course in which
is given at the Normal-increases the
value Of, q book, asince the person
getting the training learns how to
read It. Training also enables one
to know where to get the right books.
and how to buy them. Mrs. Budlong
pointed out how much training in.
creased the influence of each teacher
in her community, how she could be
Of more service i'd aiding the COM
munity in the choice Of good books.
Were the average person DESTROYS
Of forming q library to set about
gathering the books without aid. .
good percentage Of the books would
be, disappointing. Here is where tho
state library commission. backed by
the American, Library association Of
Chicago, does great service to the
communities of the state. Every
month the national association gets
out a list Of two hundred of the best
books Of the month. suitable for i.
braries. There are ten thousand
published every year. 50 the
list is extremely exclusive. From
the state library commission
complies lists of books suitable for
different grades in the schools. with
perhaps only twenty books in a list
and sends these lists to sthe teachers
in rural andlEcity schools. The school
with q small sum Of money'to expend
books lie certain to geti'the worth
of its money II ittchoosesi from the
checked list a fthe library commits.
sion. .tcaet;&&aa t sSai ~ riFAG
is only one activity Of the
state library commission. Books from
the state library are lent to any
in the state, if vouched
for by six signers. The books pen.
orally 60 out in groups of fifty each.
any OF all subjects, and are lent
anyone in the community at the
discretin Of those responsible. When
books may be returned
and a new supply taken out. There
are 1856 stations where books belong
ing to the state library commission
are being sent.
Tomorrow morning Mrs. Budlong
speaks again at chapel on the sub.
ject. What's in al Book" 1t is a
lecture prepared from practical work
the field, asfeature Of which is a
letter written to- the speaker from a
in the state who tells OF her
trouble in getting the right kind OF
books for herself and her children to
read Her success III solving the ques-
tion will be an interesting point to
the audience.
Mrs. Budlong has but recently re.
turned from her trip east to the
Catskills and to the meeting of the
American Library association at Chi.
cago. She leaves for her home at
Bismarck Friday morning.
Fora short time Tuesday night abe
enjoyed q visit with her son Lester.
who is one OF the bunch of "Over>
are just now distributed
nver Barnes county. preparatory to
swooping down on Valley City. Les.
Ter. who won a scholarship in cleo
5rical engineering at the state univer
sitys las year. enters Harvard this
3eDtember.
housEkEEPER WANTED. ..
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