South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
NEED BOOKS AS
WELL AS TOOLS IN
VOCATION WORK
Miss Irene Warren Urges I'M
portanCe of Library Facilities
in Connection With Manual
Training Instruction.

versity of Chicago, before the Arts
and Manual Training section of the
Northern Indiana Teachers associa-
ton Friday morning.
Besides the talk of Miss Warren, an
interesting round table discussion OF
topics relating to the work of the sec
ton, featured the meeting, which was
LED by II. NJ. Appleman of South
Bend. Mrs. +. G.. Retiring OF South
Bend led the talk on the subject, Are
the Household Arts Too Theoretical!
She maintained that they were not
and an example compared the ell
cheney of the housekeepers of long ago
with those of today.
H. f. Black of Valparaiso discussed
the troublesome time limit, when
manual training and VocauonaI teach-
ers have to contend with. lie adNo-
Gated a shorter time per day and a
greater number of days put on the
work. Dr. Book, who appeared IN this
city last summer, gave very inter-
esting discussion of the Indiana vo-
catiOnal situation. with which he is
Thoroughly conversant, being assist
ant state superintendent OF Nocauohal
training Miss Edith Phelps. super
visor of art in the local schOOls, leu
the discussion on the subject OF Co
operation and Correlation between
Manual Training and Art Sections.
Choose Appleman President.
The renort of the nominating COM
nittee was as follows: IL. NJ. Apple
man. South Bend, president; Miss
Jeanette Gibbony. Marion, vice pres
ident. KEY T.. Wenrick, Lafayette, sec
Ietarv; executive committee, w l.
Gordon. Fort Wayne, chairman, tlor-
ence Weld South Bend, and MISS
Powell. Michigan City.
Miss Warren's address, wnlch Ie4-
tured the session of the section Iol-
~ wish to present to you this
morning a phase of education Whlcn
has curiously enough been neglected
nv most school men. \ phase thaI
touches every side of your school lie
and should be definite factor IN the
lives of your children before they en-
tor school and continue as a vital fac
FOR throughout their entire lives. l
refer TO the organized library-the
library in the school and the public
library.
proof OF Neglect.
"The proof of this neglect of the
library is found in the fact that the
majority of school men do not in !
clude reports of the library IN their
annual and special reports; rev OF
the recent surveys have included the /
AZ
tors investigated: the library IS rare !
Iy mentioned in books or magazine
articles dealing with various phases
of pedagogy and education. School
buildings are still being built with no
consideration of the library facilities
that will be needed. Proper appro-
priatiOns are not made Tor Keeping |
up the collections of books. Children /
are not systematically instructed to |
ria a
taught to use other tools and equip |
ment Music. art. manual training |
and other subjects are placed IN !
charge of experts, but the library is |
taken care of by teachers IN their |
spare time.
Must Organize.
1T is now becoming evident that
educators cannot adequately carry /
out the tasks they have set for the
schools unless they can have properly |
organized and equipped libraries.
This means that we need:
Il State supervision of school IL !
braries by an expert librarian.
?. A well equipped library in every /
high school and where the size OF the |
school permits, a librarian ia charge. |
"3.-Instruction in the use of books
and libraries given in the schools.
A definite relation established !
between the work with schools and |
libraries.
The school survey Of South Bend I
page 1SD presents a very good state /
ment of the library needs which Will I
apply to most Of the cities In the mid I
die west and the recommendations
for the betterment Of library facilities
are worth every teachers careful /
consideration.
Librarians and teachers are now I
beginning a serious study of what
this school library department should /
contain. Books pamphlets. periodic |
ais, maps lantern slides post cards I
and pictures. are needed by teachers /
in both the elementary and high !
school. These must be carefully /
chosen TO meet the needs Of the teach /
ers, thoroughly indexed. and a sim /
pie method Of lending material in /
TO insure their efficient use. I
Offers Free Range.
The library offers a range Of free
dom 10 the pupils that the classroom .
cannot possibly afford. The lives of
successful men and women are an /
inspiration and guide TO many young
people looking for a calling" In I
ventions. discoveries. travels. histor- /
les, all open possibilities 10 the child /
that no other institution can offer as 4
freely. Our business houses have ap- I
preciated the value OF this service. In 1
Chicago. the Peoples Gas. Light and /
Coke Co., Byllesby and Co, consulting
and operating engineers and other
kinds OF business houses are appoint /
ing librarians TO place their employees
in touch with the facilities of large /
Libraries and in an economic way
keep them up-to-date with the litera-
ture along their own lines Of develop
ment. The public Libraries in large
cities are sending letters TO plumbers,
hardware merchants.
and men and women in various pur-
suits suggesting that the public library /
has certain books in their subjects
which may be Of practical value 10
them in their business and inviting
these trades people TO call.
Il trust I have sufficiently proved 10
you the value of this work TO enlist
the active efforts OF each one Of YOU
in this campaign. VIII YOU help US
TO get this problem before the school
people Of your state, and especially |
before the art and manual training
teachers2"