Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-05-06
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RUTH J. MEYER

ton. made public today.
American Library Association Off
ciala declare that this lack. as revealed
by statistics Of public library develop
ment recently complied by T.. y. ClaN'
ton. commissioner ~ education. will
give residents ~ Texas n conception IT
the benefit 60 h. derived from thu
''nookf For Everybody movement
launched 10y the asrociation To devote
o. tho tack ~ making puhlic library
s"r,icn q vital Influence In every Amer.
lean community. the 4. l.. 4 IL gath
cring y Books Tor Everybody" fund
81 g. 0o0 n0O Mia" Julia Idcson l.ihrnr.
tan 81 the Houston Lyccum aud car
nccic Library. h. state director ~ the
"ror's for Everybody" fund In Texas
Tho report fnr Texas shows a. H.
hraricr That arr ci1ssod or free puddle
hlu1ri"~. containing 4'2a5 yolu1ic'
nnd rar,ing population of ~ ''s2
persons. leaving 3.3s5.3eO persons with
out n'c"sv 10 libraries In the Judgment
- the bureau ~ education. the small
49, library that can usually be- depend
~ op o. rcnd'r an adequate fpryi,
iR one ~ O0O volumes only eighteen
libraries IN the state. measured hy this
rtrndpr,i. cnn be- termed universities
- jhe people" They serve &C. COT pDr.
deprived ~ ~" help uf nm lnruiuiipn
which more thrn ANY other prumoics
adult rnlf oducntinn IN NOR" thsr eoN
couuiirr There BE no library with ns
many a. 5000 volumes. Seventeen
counties each have library ~ M
siz'. which might serve as a nucleus
Tor county library.
Tho county library law enacted hy
the Texas Legislature p1vcs tho WAY
for tho form ~ library srryic" rrcantl'
endorsed by Commissioner C'nytou nnl
advocated 10y the American LIBRARY
Ar-aci1iiun ~ the host method ~ cir
ou'rtInr ruol reading matter through
~" rural districts
, IN commenting un tho r'gults " iho
1 bureau e o,lucaiion's survey. Amoi
can Library Association officials roin,
out that tho library development Of tho
lac, several years. under the guldlnco
of the highly efficient Texas state u
brary. may be- too recent 10 b. taken
fully into ncccunt. while revised pop
ul,tion rtatiriics would show q mu.h
larger public rived hy existing 'ihrar
lee as the compilation II based On IN,
1910 ccnsus II is indicated. however
that the growth of population In IN,
wide areas without public library ser
vice probably would tend Ia keep III,
percentages. as announced by the bur
eau ~ education. nearly constant. In
Wow of the rapid induT,rial develop
mcnt which is bringing into Texas an
increasing number ~ new Americans
from foreign shores. who must dcucnd
largely upon public libraries to xiv,
them their education IN the American
! language. Institutions and ideals. IN,
general need for library iacliti,'
| throughout the state II declared q
present FERROUS situation. This con
ditior. coupled with the widespread
social and industrial unrest through
out the nation. constitutes one reason
Tor the American Library Association
/ vigorous books for everybody" move
mcnt which points To- q time whcr
/ books will be- freely available 10 every
man. woman and child In Amertra.
In the books for everybody" move
mcnt In Texas the American library
nra,ciatiun viii cooperate with thu Tex
ms state library and with local lldnr
ics