The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-04-14
MEETING OF LIBRARIANS

Inc meeting was CdlA0u 10 OFuSG ny
the president. Mayor r. l. Ander-
son, in behalf of the city of Ocala, and
in most pleasing address, welcom-
ed them TO the city. After this the
regular program was carried out,
with several interesting papers by
visiting librarians After a short bus
mess session the meeting adjourned
to meet again last night.
Cars had been provided by citizens
and the visitors were given pleas
ant ride to Silver Springs, where they
were taken in glass bottom boats to
see the beauties of the springs, of i
which we are so justly proud.
The meeting at the Woman's Club
house last night proved most inter
esting. Rev. J. ]. Neighbour, in his
pleasing manner, introduced the |
speakers of the evening. Mrs. Ford |
Rogers, assistant librarian of the |
Ocala library, gave an interesting and |
comprehensive talk on Travelling |
Libraries. Mrs. Rogers is thoroughly |
conversant with the benefits of these
travelling libraries, as she is in charge
of this work in Ocala.
The paper on ''The Use of Libraries
to the School, by Miss Margaret Tay-
lor, who is an educator of wide exper-
; fence and knows the benefits and ne
cessity of reference books to the
. schools, brought forth much favorable
comment.
Mrs. J. w. McCoIlum of Gaines
! vile, who was to have given paper,
was unavoidably detained at the last
minute to the regret of all. Musical
numbers given by Mr. Edwin Gernant
o. and Mr.. Lester Lucas were thorough
@ ly enjoyed, each responding to the
. generous applause with an encore.
o Ocala is truly fortunate TO have two
S such brilliant vocalists, who so gra-
o lciously respond to the demands made
0 upon them, and in so doing give so
an much pleasure to their audiences.
si After the conclusion of the pro-
. gram, punch was served, and an in
@ formal reception rendered the visi-
% tors, which was thoroughly enjoyed.
o About seventy-five of the town peo-
o pie took advantage of the public in
o. vitation and the evening proved a
. most delightful one. The visitors are
o pleased with Ocala, the courtesy and
o hospitality shown them by our citi-
~ zens bringing forth many comments
IL x,ro,eo arJ
20 The meetings of the association to-
@ day will be devoted entirely to bust
ness, most of the visitors wishing tt
leave for home on the Afternoon
trains.
Mayor Anderson's address was a:
follows:
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen
On behalf of the citizens and tn,
city of Ocala, / extend to you thei
hospitality and cordial welcome.
realize fully that | am speaking nov
to a group of men and women VIII
are intellectually the superiors of tn
average audience, whose opportuni
ties and qualifications require super
iority. You associate daily with tn
treasures of the ages, the book
whose merit has been proven by thei
power to hold their places on you
shelves when time has relegated thei
contemporaries to the land of thing
forgotten. But / sometimes wonde
if you. or any one else who has acces
to books, can properly appreciat
what vital necessities they are in tn
life of the average human being c
today. An experience that once Ia
impressed this essentialness of book
indelibly upon me. After the armi:
tice, when our four months of fror
line duty was over, we returned to
village in the interior of France to
billeted, awaiting our return to God
country A small village in Franc
has few possibilities for recreation {
pleasure, especially during the vii
ter. We organized competitive gam
and sports of all kinds, but they,
the course of time, began to pail, bor
on the organizers and the players.
spirit of discomfort pervaded {
ranks. Every man, of course, atten
ed properly to his light duties, b
nobody was happy. Rumors that '
. were going to Germany, Russia, e
*. erywhere except home, were persi
~ tent, and everyone wanted to G
A home. A lieutenant of my outfit fiji
10 suggested books and when his lea
was arranged he went to Paris a
sent US circulating ibrary-not ov
rs books in all, but God-send. /
y mediately, better spirit was ma
Glfest. When drill hours were ov
:St men rushed to the orderly room
&lget book or exchange one. In !
biIlet and in every warm corner, m