The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-10-01
NAMING A LIBRARIAN.

III & r. NAmtNS -
The trustees of the Public Library
have on their-hands most important
duty to perform every time they are
called upon to decide as to the proper
person to fill librarians place 1t Is
v--~-..- never easy and only once in a great
while is it possible to get the best re-
suits from a new selection.
The work of Miss Helen Brewer in
. the capacity of librarian for the past
I three years at the Cordele library
! need not be so warmly praised now
Her worth has been found by larger
city and she will Immediately take up
work where she will have opportunity
of serving more people and conse'
0uently doing more good. This is al
ways the case The world has way
Of making room in the broader fields
for the more honest and the more
faithful
But the immediate community and
- the country around has been brought
~ ~ 10 a wonderful appreciation OF the IL
brary largely through her efforts. This
library is now more than half the ev-
eelry-day practical education OF hun
-..-..dreds of people who have been taught
tu,p,how to make the most of it.
"''''' Miss Brewer never failed to realize
the importance of her work and she
labored with the one purpose of en-
larging the usefulness of the library.
In books and building the library
might be worth a million dollars and
e@ff ii had only some pretty, frail crea-
ture who only knew the best effects
of the various complexion powders
or dress fabrics, to stand as a guide
for those who come to learn through
library reading the whole institution
would not be worth a song.
Stored on those book shelves is the
learning of all the ages. The works of
the great students and scholars of all
time.-the teachers, the philosophers,
the scientists, the poets, the critics
the historians, the novelists, the es
sayists, the biographers, the states
men, the political economists
hest thought and their best effort, is
All there available for every person.
The library is truly the school for
the grownups. 1t brings to our doors
all these, treasures, and yet,-and yet
Lii we have only shallow pleasure
seeker to preside in the librarians
sehair how far we miss the value of
#s,Icfl an institution!
The more the librarian studies the
surroundings of those who come, the
more she knows of their habits, their
inclinations and their trend of thought,
the more she knows of their ambitions
and the more will she be able to help
them when they come to enjoy the
masters She must even know as
much as possible of their intellectual
attainments to make the library worth
most to them
And most of all, she must herself
know the works of the masters, the
creations of art, how to find them
quickly and direct her reader on the
way. What culture and refinement
she may impart What sweet satisfac-
ton will slip into the lives of those
who through the bookshelves learn
that they can talk, face to face, with
the wisest and the best men and wo.
men that have lived in the world in
ali the past ages,
Miss Brewer knew her noble calling
and her successor must know likewise
that her highest duty is to impart in
telligence and enlightenment through
the library. The masters there would
talk-talk on eternally to their lis.
teners from the pages of the books and
never tire And every person within
reach would listen. late and long. for
the love of learning. if they only
knew how