The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-09-24

mer; park with water frontage and
equipped with municipal dance pa
wilton; Fairgrounds located In vicinity
of each school, equipped with wading
pools. play equipment and field
house.
2. To the School poard:-(a).
Organized school play under compc-
tent dircctorship; adequate school
grounds and equipment for children
during school sessions.
8. To the City Council:'-(a) Or
dinances regulating operation Of pub.
lie commercialiaed Amnsements and
strict enforcement OF the same.
I. Dance halls:-Children under
IS excluded except with responsible
chaperone; separate cloak rooms for
men and women: no smoking In
dance halls: adequate exits In case
OF fire: main entrance leading direct
ly into dance hall.
4. To Parent-Teacher Association
and High School faculty:--Regular
and organized recreation and amuse-
ments for children of high school age.
City Library Recommendations.
Klamath County is at present re-
ceiving very inefficient library scrv-
ice due to lack of organization and
cooperation.
There are six different library
services in the county: klamath
County Library. klamath Falls Pub
lie Library. Merrill Library. klamath
County High School Library. Klam-
ath Falls Public School Library and
klamath County School Libraries.
Klamath County Library grants TO
each library n quota OF books, other
wise the several libraries are entirely
independent OF one another. resulting
in little interest or cooperation and q
lack Of system throughout the whole
service. There are funds which are
not being spent advantageously;
books that are not within reacn o.
the persons who need them: some
books that are not being circulated
and some parts Of the county with no
library service whatever.
However. the County Court has
taken the matter In hand and plans
TO appoint a county library board.
To those who are interested In the
library work Of Klamath County this
Is very encouraging. II means that
in time all the libraries OF the county
will be working under one efficitut
management, every person In the
county getting the best library serv- |
ice possiblt for the funds Mt hand.
A resume Of the present library
equipment shows that the klamath
County Library has . commodious
Carnegie building, $4,000 income and
close to $500 volumes; klamath
Falls Public Library has . fairly !
good building. $1,000 income and
1000 volumes: Merrill Library has
about 1000 volumes and b main !
tanned by the Merrill Woman's Ii !
brary Club: Klamath Falls Iuonc
School Library has about 6509 v.!-
umSs: the Klamath County pigh
Schoni and Grade School Libraries |
are for the most part. verv made |
auate.
II will be the duty Of the county
library board It. build up q ,ompre- |
hensive library work. plac"rG sta
tions over the county wherever they
will best serve the communities. Inc
library boards Of the various city
and school libraries may contract
with this board from year to year 10
run their libraries. or mako what
ever arrangements seem best to work
with this board for the bettermert
Of the library service In their com
munity.
This plan has been carried out m
numbers Of counties in several states
and is found to bring about very
effective service.
Parent Teacher Association.
IN September Parent Teacher
Association was organized In the High
School with the hope that among 9TH
er things something might be done
toward providing wholesome enter
tainment for the high school pupils.
A committee was appointed to Sc
cure II possible . hall or building
Of some sort which could be furnished
with games and q musical instru-
ment, etc., and where the students
could have . good time.
II was planned to have the hall
opened at least several evenings Q
week and at such times II would be
under the supervision of . committee
from the Parent-Teacher Association.
After much effort and time the only
place to be found was an abandoned |
hall on West Main street.
Before Il could be used II must be |
rewired and otherwise fixed up and |
just as the improvements were fairly |
started the "1u" epidemic put q stop !
TO everything Of the sort and by the
time the ban was lifted II was de-
cided that by the time the improve
ments Of the hall were completed |
the school year would be too near
an end.