Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-19
MISS HOBART GAVE
 LECTURE ON BOCKBINDING
Demonstration of Book Repairing by
 Miss EtheI Bahr Followed.

Miss Hobart. one of the instructors 1 game lecture on Book Binding at the | library institute at StOrrs Friday aft | ernCOn. The lecture was followed by a demonstration of boo5-repafrin2 | given by Miss Ethel Bahr of Ware | house Point.
 In her lecture, Miss Hobart discuss l ed four general kinds of bindings, ! publishers bindings. or case bindings: l fine bindings, done by artists; arts and crafts binding, done by amateurs, and | library bindings. She described the processes of binding, from the fold ing of the printed sheets to the stitch jnG. covering and decorating of the books. Various kinds of paper were compared the rag paper being recom- mended. though increasingly difficult to obtain. Of binding materials, buCkTan was recommended for re- i binding public library books. Saturday mOr1Hng at 10.30 o'clock Frederick ". JdhIzins, librarian of the Russell Sage Foundation library, New York city, will lecture on "The Joy Of Being Ready"
 The following student was register ed at the library institute Thursday, Miss Edith Clark. Glastonbury At the morning session Mrs. Johnson continued the instruction in Cata- Ioging and Miss Hewins gave @ talk Cn ChiIdren's Books She Drefaced her talk by the Statement that it is impossible to do library work with children until the librarian knows the books thoroughly. She must know what is in the library, know the books i thoroughly and have standards of com- parison. gained from knowledge of the older books.
 Miss HeWins presented a list of stories that have lived and collections of poetry which have been useful. She reConlLlended the reading of
 
 critisisn of chiIdren's books. Little Eharisees in fiction Fn her book. Va ria. and What Children Read, in her book, Books and Men.
 In closing Miss Hewins commended RUrnetts Lost Prince. saying that no book presents finer ideals for boys and girls. It teaches unobtrusiveIy c obedience, observation, retfCenCe, love of country.
 Tn the afternoon, Miss Annie Carroll Moore, supervisor of chiIdTen's work in New York city, gave a lecture be- fore the librarians and supervisors on Children's Reading. Miss Moore, in
 her lecture, pleaded for freedom in children's reading. No attempt must be made to impose ones town judg ment in book selection on the child. The librarians task and that of the teacher and supervisor, is to foster the love of reading for its own sake.
 She emphasized the need of atten- tion to the following points: Selection and supply of books. suit
 able environment. proper introduction
 to the books, suiting the needs of the
 library to the individual community.
 In the discussion which followed,
 the question was raised whether the reading of imaginative books would kill the taste for international read ing. The answer was that the form CT class of reading would give facili-
 ty in reading and lead to Q taste for
 the better class.
 In answer to an inquiry whether children enjoyed reading the books which they were instructed to read in connection with geography and history Miss Moore said that the lack of 1it- erary quality in these books have oft en prevented their being enjoyed. She commented on the absence of creative ability in modern writers of children's books.