Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07

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of the reference work was done by
pupils in the schools. The extent ane
character of this work reveals some
what the possibilities of the library.
Students in the classes in English,
History and Biology in our high
school were constantly visiting the
library, doing there practically all
the research work for themes on
special topics covering 500 to 1000
words. Another possibility is reveal
ed by the fact that members of one
of the classes in English were assign
ed the task of writing a history of
Wauseon. Unfortunately, there has
never been written what might be
called a complete history of the
town and the library was able to fur
nish only the rather fragmentary &C
counts that have been embodied in
the two or three histories of Full
ton county that have been published.
The students were advised to go to
the older residents for "reminiscences
and to refer to the files of the local
newspapers. Should work of this
kind be done in the future and the
best of the accounts published in our
newspapers the schools would be aid
ing in a work of the most permanent
value to the community. The library
should be the depository for all ac-
counts of local history, and it is to
the interest of the community that
the facts be recorded while those who
are able to furnish them are still liv-
ing.
1t is not too much to say the Ii
brary may share in the credit for the
success of our high school debating
teams during the nine years that our
high school students have engaged in
inter-scholastic debates. For during
nearly all of that time the library has
been the laboratory, so to speak. of
our high school debaters in their So
cietv as we'll as inter-scholastic de-
bates. At the present time the stud
ents visit the library almost nightly
for weeks before an important debate,
their special books of reference often
being reserved for them on a separate
shelf.
The school reference work also in
cludes work with the pupils of the
lower grades. In the fall, soon af-
ter the beginning of the school year
an invitation was extended to the in
termediate and grammar grades as
well as the high school classes tc
visit the library with their teachers
There were four of the grades ant
one of the high school classes that
thus visited the library,-the eight
grade under Mrs. Jennie Bartlett, the
seventh and eighth grades under L
G. Andrews, the sixth and seventh
under Miss Emma EDGAR. the sixth
grade under Miss Jessie Knibloe, ant
the Sophomore class with Mr.. Elwooc
Holman. Each section remained il
the library for an hour or two, the Ii
brarian briefly explaining the use O
the different parts of the library. es
pecially the reference room. Thu
chief benefit, was, perhaps, that man!
pupils in the lower grades gained con
fidence to visit the library reference
room, for it was discovered that man,
of them thought that it was agains
the rules of the library for them t.
go into the room. Today. these young
err children are doing reference worl
along with the high school students
That even the foreign-born pupil
can use our library is shown by tn
fact that two children who have bee
in America scarcely two years reg
ularly visit the library to take books
BOOKS ACCUSTOMED
The books and bound periodical
accustomed during the year numbere
295. Of these there were 1853 volume
that were newly purchased at a cos
of S173.57. There were also acces
stoned Al volumes of newly boun
periodicals and one newly bound boo
from the old Citizens Library AS
ISOLATION that had never before bee
accustomed. The cost of the bindin
including that of 26 rebound book:
was S35.07. The periodicals, however
if we add original subscription price
represented a cost to the library c
S69.53.
The books that were gifts number
ed 81, including the volume from tn
old Citizens Library Association ths
was just rebound last year. SIEVE
Ol IIO NOlullcS VI pei lOu4SAIo Che
were bound during the year were a
so originally gifts. The largest of til
/ Gift collections numbered At volume
! In this collection as well as among til
other books that were given wei
manv items of permanent value
] the library. Among the donors wei
E. P. Ames, Mrs. C. E. Brigham {
D. Greenleaf, Mrs. Charles Ham, Mr.
Charles Humphreys, Jr., Represent;
tive F. H. Reighard, the Stratfo1
Shakespeare Glass, the Wauseo
Christian Science Society, and II
trustees under the will of Mary Bake
Eddy, Congressman I. R. Sherwoc
and T. T. Ansberry as well is tt
superintendent of documents {
Washington responded to appeals fl
public documents, and the value
our reference department vas grea
ly increased by the addition of a nun
Der of volumes of the annual report
of the Smithsonian institution an
the year books of the U. S.. Depar