The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-08
LIBRARIANS VISIT
AT DENISON
District Library Meeting Held at Den.
ison Last Wednesday.-Nine
Counties Are Represented.
MISS ALLEN, oNAWA, CHAIRMAN
Guests Served With Two Course Lun-
cheon at Noon Hour, Later Given
Auto Ride Over City.

The district library meeting held at
the library club rooms on last We'd
nesday, May l, for the middle west
was we'll attended, considering the
size of the district. The counties i'll
cluded in this district are Woodbury.,
Monona, Harrison, Sac, Ida, Carroll,
Green, Crawford and Audubon. The
convention was very fortunate in hav-
ing with them Mrs. Johnson, State
President of the Iowa Library Asso.
citation, and Miss Julia May Robin
son, secretary of the Iowa Library
Commits sion. Miss Robinson is al
ways an inspiration to the librarians
OF the state and her work for the war
library to be placed in the different
armp posts has made her pre-eminent
in this line.
Miss Allen, Of Onawa, made a very
fino chairman, presiding with tact
and much ability. The first subject
discussed was library publicity and
what is best to carry out in order to
bring results. The librarian Of Mis-
souri, Valley, Mr.. Thamasca, led this
discussion and presented some very
original ideas which we are sure the
other librarians will be glad to carry
IL
librarian was expected to speak, pro-
vided most interesting round table.
The recommendation covered war
books. fiction. non-fiction, poetry and
Juveniles. The methods used to in.
duce readers to study something be-
sides fiction was also stimulating and
instructive. War work was the most
important topic discussed, as to what
has been done in each library. Under
this topic such subjects as Book Col
lecticns for Camp, Library War
Funds. Liberty Loans" Thrift
Stamps Food Conservation" IRE.
cord Of Local Soldiers" and clippings
Regarding Local Soldiers" The re-
ports given by the different librarians
of the methods used by them in the
two book drives showed unusual or
iginality, as was evidenced by the
wonderful results.
Among the visitors present were
Mrs. johnson. Of Oskaloosa, Miss Ro.
Ebihson,, Des Moines, Mrs Wood and
Miss Rice, Logan. Miss Allen, Onawa
Mrs. Williams, Dunlap, Miss Rains,
Whiting, Miss Baine. Sioux City, Miss
Hansen, Odebolt, Mr.. and Mrs Coy,
Odebolt, Miss Stevens, Carroll, Miss
Brian. Jefferson, Mrs. Velahone, Au.
dubon and Mr.. Thamasca, Missouri
Valley. ~
At the conclusion of the noon hour,
"a two-course luncheon was served in
the club rooms, Miss Francis Leahy
and Miss Fanny Woolston assisting
Miss Meyers in serving. At the con-
clusion of the afternoon program, af-
ter inspection had been made of the
library, the librarians were given an
automobile ride over our city through
the courtesy of Mr.. Kuehnle, Mr. Bro
dersen and H. C. Kolls. and expressed
themselves as delighted with Deni-
son. Later Mr.. Kuehnle entertained
the visitors with an eXquisitely ap-
pointed tea. Mrs. Voss, Mrs. Kahler
and Miss Meyers assisted Mrs. Kuehn-
le In pouring for the guests. Mrs.
Johnson and Miss Robinson assured
our librarian that the district con-
vention in Denison was one of the
most successful that they had attend
ed, and all the librarians felt that the
day had been most pleasantly and pro-
fitably spent.