The Holly chieftain., 1922-02-23
WHY, WHAT AND
HOW TO.READ.

Since we are presenting this week
a short resume OF our Public School
Lilrafy. ii seems a suitable time to
8is i few wcris in general on the
autiet ri reading:
Why SHOULD WE READ
II, 'lips is at once one OF the
,aoat iielpful and one of the most
harmsnl Influences in life. A tract
ia lfi many a soul upward or
GawnHaid, according as its instruc-
tior was moral or immoral. Many
n novel has wrecked or ennobled
d lif in accordance to the trend OF
its ia&ching Reading, is therefore
an a,bleuous employment. fiau:h
with preat power for good or fof
evil Never was there in all IN.
history of the wculd such a readlilf
age as this or the making
hooks and papers there is no end
The Press is becoming daily n NOE
powerful fnc.or in life. 1t is not ths
Kind but the uftality cf our rcaiili!
that eonnts. Every mind has usu
ally = strong irnalination to son
sort of readinp, hn II history. bic
granny. sciance, philosophy. poetry
or fiction.
1t IL for cash to discover what sor
~s litcrattife most powerfully claim
his att ntion, and then he has onl
one ou.ry: the quality of the book
STANDARD history. poetry. or fictiol
are each ready to minister to t'tf
better part of man. But each SORT
Of literature may be timewnste
or even pernicio,is.
Our sources Of wisdom are main'
three: social intercourse with Wist
men. public addresses by wise me
and the perusa| Of wisc books. Sine
we are somewhat limited in TIE. mrs
and second methods. from lack q
opportunity. our main source 18th
last method
In this dav Of periodicals am
books. almost without end, we dt
we'll to choose ctlr reading matte,'
with great thonshtfulness and car
ton
s.i.is ,'otS nct Hrean that We shhf
Tcad rothine but the words OF .tiR
wise. We need to keep informed o.
s,,,gaHt epeuts and 80 must rea
the narers. Our temptations here
will ba to snand too much time viii
ephe,ncfal subjects Many neopl
read nothing but the newsI aper
and some times the yellow ones
at that. No wonder such peonl
have mentally bilious comnleNisr
We shonld skim over" the locn
news qrirkly they nre mos'lt
..froth' iii an editor must tell tli
trltr>-get the cream OF the day
Leading events, and pass to some
thinE more "menty."
AEalp il does moi mean We shon'
raad 30. fleiioa. Novels have thoi
place ard yqlnr. The are to thu
ninfl whGt physical exercise Is Z
the lody The mind needs relaNa
tiar: and besides. good fiction ma,
b. ~ iull Of mental helpful!ness as
tie est essays, and in more
tcsHi Ting lof1 ~ . boy, th1 W +
er fos mora English history ard
Fnritiii Gus o,ns ana life out ol
the aveis cf thas Reade. Thaek
e.y. gsA nictcrs taan in any other
way . atSo Victor Hugo helped
~ lifanr't ways and Cervantes or
g a. in manners, and Cooper made
peti for me among the American
n.Ai 4 nor should one forget
IarI TNain. who with all his hum
eor realistic side lights on every
lor,l of which ba wrote.
vIAAT SHALL WE READ? .
Ye, newspapers and novels are no
tile best dict for the highest wis,
dom. Everyone should seek more
solid reading. which. while instruc
tive. will be fun of personal inter
est.
The best thoughts on nature, his
tory science and philosophy are
written M today in the most at
trnctive style Any town librarian
or school teacher will gladly help
the render in this matter.
Every reader should realize that
above al books stands the Bible
not simply from a religious or srnti-
mental stnadpoint, bpi ms matter
of fact. Our forefathcrs, who often
had little else. did not suffer from
such paucitv of literature as we OF
ten think Indeed their children
nre rather sufferers from their neg