Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06
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LAKE REGION CLUBS ANNUAL
MEETING WELL ATTENDED
MANY GOOD TALKS

LAKE REGION CLUBS ANNUAL
MEETING WE'LL ATTENDED
MANY GOOD TALKS
The Lake Region Library Club, COM
posed of librarians and library board
members from cities in this section of
the state, held it's fourth annual meet
ing in Little Falls Tuesday and We'd
nesday. The attendance was largo and
! several cities not previously represent
ed at the meetings were represented
this time and affiliated with the club.
Among those present were the Misses
Clara F. Baldwin and Harriet A.
Wood of St. Paul, Jean Stewart Of
Wadcna, Ethel McCubrey of Moor
head, Eva NJ. Davis, Sauk Centre, Amy
A. Lewis and Mayme Zent, Fergus
Falls, Victoria Gale, Paynesville, Ag-
nes Torpey, Morris, Mesdames Marie
Brick, st. Cloud; Margaret McCord,
Alexandria; w. c. Light, Morris; and
Messrs. G. A. Kortsch and j. L. Fitz-
gerald, Alexandria; and J. A Wilson,
Brainerd The meeting was pronounced
a most successful one in every way
and all went home feeling that they
had learned a great deal about the
library and it's place as public educa-
tional institution, which they hoped to
inaugurate at home.
The first session was held Tuesday
afternoon, Mrs. L. D. Brown welcoming
the visitors here. Mrs. McCord of
Alexandria, president, gave the re
sponse The library directors present
then discussed library problems.
Miss Harriet A. Wood, in charge of
school libraries in this state, spoke on
her work, telling of her visit to the
library schools in the east. She de-
plored the fact that vocational schools
have not yet come to recognize the
while, but she stated that in this state
this work is coming into it's own as
teachers institutes to be held in each
county this fall are to have as much
Of this work as possible and it is even
being introduced in the high schools,
Fergus Falls beings one Of the first to
take it up in this manner.
Miss Amy Lewis, city librarian at
Fergus Falls, gave an interesting paper
on school and library work in Fergus
Falls. She said that she believed in
educating everybody and of opening
wide the school houses and giving
every child the opportunity to develop
all that there is in him. This is the
function Of the public library of today,
she said. Speaking of the Fergus Falls
library, she said that same is now open
continuously from 10 a. M, to 9 p. m.,
as the result of recent arrangement
whereby the school district furnishes
an extra librarian and contributes a
certain amount for books. These longer
hours have resulted in larger attend
ance and a growth in the circulation
of books for home reading. A library
course was introduced in the high
school, same consisting Of eight les
sons, and while the course was worked
under difficulties, it proved successful.
After this meeting, Mrs. H. H. Tan
ner gave tea at her home for the WIS.,
iting women and the women members
and the men members wives of the
local library board past and present,
also for the wives Of the clergy of the
city. This was followed by an auto
mobile ride through the city and din
ner at the domestic science rooms at
the high school, given by the members
Of the domestic science class. Supt.
Bergquist gave talk on "The Lii
brary from the Teacher 8 Standpoint"
following the dinner, in which he point
ed out the value Of the library in
helping the pupils with their work and
thus facilitating the work of the
teacher.
Miss Clara F. Baldwin of St. Paul.
who is connected with the state depart
ment of education in library work,
gave paper at the evening session
on "What Next in Library Develop
ment." In her paper she stated that
the purpose Of a public library is to
disseminate ideas, rather than to
merely circulate number Of books,
as the ideas are essential in keeping
the community Intellectually alive. In
order to do this, she said, the machin-
cry must be kept in good order and up
to-date and waste in organization must
be eliminated. The Library operators
must be trained for the best possible
service and the trustees must be III
formed as the library standards, which
are established according to the num-
ber of volumes in proportion to popu,
lation and the use Of the books and
cost of service. She concluded her
paper by the statement that while the
people are clamoring for retrenchment
in expenses, this is no time for re-
trenchment in library expenditures
but maximum service should be gotten
at minimum cost. 81, ~
G.. A. Kortsch Of Alexandria spoke
on "Library Work in Alexandria,"
He emphasized the fact that Alexan-
dria has go pupils in the public
schools and raises $4,000 for the
schools, and that he therefore felt that
the parents have q great responsibility
and should see that their children at
tend schools, pointing out that there is
a waste in Minnesota Of 121a per cent
in the schools on account of n0n-at-
tendance, Speaking of the service Of
the library he said that the library
and school should not be separate and
the public library not made an adjunct
of the school, the adults being given
the preference in the latter. He point
ed to the splendid economy Of the
Alexandria public library, which has
been operated very satisfactorily since
1907 at $500 per year and since 1910
has spent more than $4,000 for i'm
provements. sz
E. B. Bergquist, superintendent Of
the city schools, gave short impromp-
tn talk on the library and its value to
the schools.
After these talks have been given
these gathered went to the Maud Moon
Weyerhaeuser hal, where very pleas