Evening star., 1922-02-17

that the Public Library is the child of
the heart and brain of Mr.. Noyes.
Justice Stafford outlined dream
which he said he had the other !ight-
ing in the library corridor nd that
people of a future age were passing
by the portrait. A mother. her son
and daughter. stopped to admire the
painting.
In his dream Justice Stafford heard
the mother explain about the Public
Library "in those days when the
people of the District had no vote"
She told her children of the work
done in behalf of the institution Ly
and others. and outlined the develop
ment of the library and it's facilities
Ey reason of the strange inhibitions
often imposed upon dreamers. Justice
STAFFORD said he was unable to speak
to the mother and her children. but
to know that the president of the
board was in the highest sense a
patriot.
DR.. BOwerman's Address.
DR.. Bowerman! in his address. as
serted that MIR. Noyes took advanced
ground when he saw to it that the
creative act of the library decla res
the institution to be "a supplement of
the public educational system of the
District
Without in any way rejecting
l have always been glad that l am
here called upon to administer an
institution. which in its Fundamental
law is declared to be an educational
institution" DIR. Bowerman said. I'm
trying to realize this conception, the
reinforce the education given in the
schools, but also it interprets its pur3
pose to be the complementing of the
education on to the very end of life
With democratic government now
all but universal. with life daily be-
in the worlds history has it been SO
essential for the entire population to
be educated" the librarian continued
The District of Columbia now at
length, We hope. stands at the
tion in its own political life.
This library has. 1 believe. had
some part in furnishing the educat ton
which all voters would have to make
them fit for exercising the franchise
But the Public Library's idea of edu-
cation is not confined to intelligent
participation in political life. but in
cludes the soundest and completest
intellectual equipment for ali men.
women and children in the COM
munity.'
Growth Of Library.
Much as the library has grown
II ON its small beginnings, it has thus
far only barely begun to realize the
place 1t might occupy as an educa-
ttona1 agent, DIR. Bowerman said.
The library needs to be relieved from
present restrictions that conflne it's
service to the work that can be done
from an overcrowded central library
and one branch and be permitted to
establish and conduct the necessary
branch libraries and do in and
through them the whole work that
it's constitution fits it to do. the libra
rian declared.
Even under it's present restrictions
it lends 100000 books a year for
homo reading to more than $4,000
registered readers" DR.. Bowerman
said. These figures could easily be
increased to 100000 and probably
100000 volumes if the library
could be permitted so to expand as
fully to meet the legitimate demands
of what / believe to be the city with
the biggest book appetite in Amer
ica.''
DR.. Bowerman outlined dreams to
make the library live up to the motto
on the front OF the building-"A Uni
versity of the People," He said he
would like to see more branch libra
ries. with study club directors, story
te1lers and other trained assistants
He ended with a tribute to Mr.. Noyes
as Public Library founder, nourisher,
promoter and expander."
Tells Of Debt City Owes.
In his reply, Mr.. Moves told Of the