The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-23
Local Institutions win Enter
tain the Visiting Delegates.
OTHER KANSAS LIBRARY NEWS
State Historical Archives Have
Pamphlets Valued at IS, 700.
War Books and Current News
In Demand Now.

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| made for the fourteenth annual meet
ing OF the Kansas Library association
which will be held in this city Octo-
Der % to 80 inclusive. The four To-
peka libraries will act as hosts to the
| visiting delegates and more than a
hundred librarians from all parts of
| the state are expected to attend.
A most interesting and instructive
program has been arranged and
| among the out-of-state speakers are
Mr.. Purd B. Wright, librarian Of the
public library at Kansas City, Mo-.
who will speak on Some Broad
Methods of Interesting the Public"
and Mr.. Charles e. Rush. librarian at
st. Joseph. Mo-. who will tell of
Practical Affairs in q Public Lii
| brary."
Mr.. Walter Burr & the State Agri-
cultural college at Manhattan, will
address the association on THE New
Rural Community" and Miss Lima
tory inspector. will introduce the IL
brarians to 1.-The Wage-Earning Wo-
man and the Factory
| A visit will be made to the state
printing plant for a demonstration of
printing. binding and book-making.
Why and how libraries are good adj
vertisers will be shown in the exhibit
of effective library printing. collected
from libraries throughout the United
States by Mr.. Rush of st. Joseph.
The valuable interest of Kansas news
papers in Kansas libraries will be IL
Illustrated tangibly by a display of
clippings collected by W. H. Kerr of
Emporia. ]. L. King, state librarian,
is president of the association. and
Miss Clara Francis Of the State His
torical library is secretary.
Other Library News.
Kansas Libraries are keeping up
with the war in an interesting variety
Of ways The Coffeyville library has
a big demand for its stereoscopic views
of England. France, Germany and
Italy. The Sahetha library, making
the war the occasion to ask for a good
history of Holland. suggests that now
is the time for some good citizen to
donate a set OF Motley, and says fur
ther that Arnold Benefits "Old
Wives for Newt would be acceptable
because Of its living description Of
the siege of Paris. The Manhattan IL
brary calls attention to- xhe valuable
war material in the magazines and
gives aalist tof the best sources. The
sas City and Osborne libraries are adj
vertising many of the new. war. books.
1.-The circulating library of the L.O-
Gust club at Wakeeney may soon be-
come q city library, as did the IL
brary Of the Saturday Afternoon club
at Hays. The people will be asked to
vote on the question next spring.
Russell county has seven newspa-
pers, and the public library at Rus
sell keeps all of them on file. It has
also the files Of these papers for sew
eral years past.
Hutchinson high school has more
books are classified and catalogued,
and beginning this year the librarian.
Miss Mabel Parks. IL relieved of
teaching duties.
The Boy Scouts Of Eureka helped
the public library move from it's old
quarters to the new $4,000 Carnegie
building, which was formally opened
Eureka ladies, the Entire Nous club.
founded the library.
The Kansas State Historical library
at Topeka has a collection OF PAM
phlets worth more tina. $4,000. a few
being valued at SIS each. 1t has
1925 to 1914.
The George Smith public library at
Junction City has in its reading room
q table of industrial exhibits which
are being used extensively by the
school children. There is a wheat
and flour exhibit. presented by the
Hogan Milling company. and designed
by Mr.. A. D. Nothstein; also cotton
exhibit from the Coates company, silk
from Bedding, all the Standard Oil
products, Lowney's chocolate. ashes
tos, needles. and an International
Harvester exhibit.
The Columbus public library has
occupied its new $4,000 Carnegie
building one year. The accessions
since 1t became free unsupported
institution, March /. 1913. number
535 volumes, for a total Of 2,735. The
library is being classified and cata-
1ogued as fast as limited time will al
low, and without extra expense. by
the librarian. Miss Saydie Hammett.
At Russell, the Sunday school Ii
brary of the Methodist church, after
lying dormant and unused for fifteen
years, has been placed in the city Ii
brary, to be loaned out as other books
are, on condition th:-t title remains in
the Sunday school and the books are
to be kept together with a label of