Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-04-02
NV lIsRARY DEDICATED

INV LiBRAhf DEDICATED
MONDAY eve.
The Nexioo Pubise Library wa ded
iozted Monday. and b now open 60
he publio It va be opsa from /
n s every day exceEs Sunday. aaA
troa : % . On Monday sad Thurs
day EVENING"
Tho dedic4toy ekercises Monday
evening. we're hold n eAe spacious
cIubrooms on the lower noor Of the
building. The large room was pack
ed. TIE majority Ct the crowd being
women-mAny OF whom had worked
boaG and hard 10 make the library q
rAlry. Prsz&denx ]. r. Lls~ellyn.
of he Library Board. presided
The Rev. s. W. Hayns ope1ed the
servicss with a most beauslfai prayer.
afIx which R. N. White. editor Of
the Ledgsr. spoke on "The Import
ance OF a Free Public Ldbua-y.- He
pad high tribute 70 Mr.. and Mrs- J..
P IAeWenyn. who donates the lot
for he hbrAry, and % the women,
who worked 50 faithfully 10 secure
the maintenance tax. In i've years
he predicted. the women Of Missouri
viii have the right Of suffrage. I'll
bra1es ere the material mansfesta-
tons Of the cby's culture" he said.
"and are of especial Importance for
iheir good influenoe on the rising
generations" In conclusion, be asked
that may the fear OF God. the safe
guarding of osr homes. the welfare
Of oar churches, schools, library and
hospital and a better observance Of
Tire Golden Rude. be the Mexico spir
IT,"
Mrs. Helen Lowell Million then
spoke in behalf Of the womea's Fed-
GRATED Clubs. She tod how the fed
Grafton was founded in 1903 by Mrs.
D. A. McMiHan and took a free libra
~ as the goal to attain. She said
the clubs raised $500 to be used
in furnishing the clubFoom and other
rooms in the library and $500 vol
umes were IN the new building when
1t opened. She paid high tribute to-
Mrs Llewellyn and thanked al who
had contributed books or otherwise
aided In the library movement
A delightful feature of the program
was a reading, "A Siseerly Scheme"
by Miss Florence Munger. cen
ior in the Expression Department Of
Hardin College. Miss Munger gave /
the reading With art and grace which
was highly pleasing to her audience.
. quartette composed Of DR.. A. A
Wallace, Herbert Bruner, Paul St. :
Vrain and Bradford Sappington then !
sang "A Star-Spangled Banner" :
Miss Wales. Of Jefferson City, Sec !
-e<aTy of the Missouri Ii J
orary Commission, gave ?
he audience quite a pleas !
surprise as her name did not sp- :
pear on the program. She knows {
treat dead about libraries and Is a y
most capable talker. According to ;
her, the library bears a peculiar re- :
alton to BUR age. She says il ;
inspires and enlarges In a man Y
which Is different from his =
'eighbors, thereby making him an in I
dvidual- She said the Mexico libra Z
y building was one OF the best for ,
he money she had ever seen.
The chief address Of the evening g
made by J. F. UewelIyn, who
poke on the history OF books. He
sgan with the day, 1000 years be- q
the birth Of Christ. when books
ere carved out OF stone and told
a comprehensive and interesting
'ay. about the evolution Of the book
'om that date until today. He tool
p the different kinds Of books wit,
by the leading tribes or ma
ohs OF the various ages and his
dress showed more careful study. i,
d research than any delivered in
exsco for some time. Mr.. Level !,
n Is certainly a lover OF good
'oks and knows how t. appreciate I,
EN-
The services yer closed by the
saediction. delivered by the Rev. W. -
Shullenberger. /,
The Library Board, which has 81.
Of the institution Is composed I
the following: J.. F. Bewealyn, L.
Hawthorne, sec'y; S. N. Locke, ~,
.Aesurer; R. D. Rodgers. S. P. En-
ons, DIR. A. A. Wallace, ]. W. NH
N, Vim. Pollock and e. d. Graham.