The Washington times., 1929-05-15
ENJOYS SPEAK
At LIBRARY
SESSION

SarIOS u. DdVllab Cnlledn dnDds-
sador to Washington; and DR.. En-
rique Olaya, minister Of the repub-
lie of Colombia. today addressed
the American Library Association
committee on cooperation with the
hispanic peoples. at Washington
The diplomats are interested in
having books published in and
about the United States translated
and placed in the libraries of their
own countries. while the library
group is interested In an exchange
of books about the respective coun-
tries. Sr. Davila is chairman Of
the committee on photography Of
the Pan-Americna Union.
The meeting was one of a num-
Der Of group meetings which took
place today, third day Of the fifty
first annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Library Association. Other
speakers were H. w. Wilson, New
York publisher, and John T. Vance,
of the Law Library Of Congress.
Medal Awarded
The John Newberry Medal,
awarded annually by the children's
librarians section Of the Library
Association, for the most dis
tinguished children's book of the
past year, was presented to Eric P.
Kelly. a professor at Dartmouth
College, for his book. THE
Trumpeter Of Krakow" The medal
was presented by Carrie E. Scott,
chairman of the section.
Poetry is slowly attaining a place
of honor in the list of best sell
lers" in the Veterans Bureau Hos
pitals, and will soon be sharing
honors with the ever-popular West
ern stories, Annie Louise Craigie,
chief librarian of the Edward J.
Hines, jr., Hospital Library. of May
wood, ILL.,, told a meeting of the
hospital libraries section.
Edgar Guest, Robert w. Service
and Rudyard Kipling are the favor
ite poets. ModerniSt poetry. Miss
Craigie declared, is declined by the
men in the hospitals on the ground
that Ills the bunk"
A closed breakfast meeting of
the committee on activities was held
at the Mayflower Hotel. Eleven
other group meetings were held
during the morning and the after
noon will be occupied by receptions
and teas.
Have Novel Menu
From chicken salad to the iced
cassina beverage and the paper for
the menu, the Department of Agri-
culture was able to provide all the
ingredients and finished products
which went into the luncheon the
library staff of the department ten
dered to members of the agricul-
tural libraries section today.
The menu, which included a bib
Geographic reference to a publication
by the department or one of the
State experiment stations, giving in
formation on the production or
preparation of each dish, also speci-
fled the bureaus of the department
which had contributed to the dish.
Group Meetings
Groups meeting during the morn
ing were the agriculture libraries
section. conference room of the
Department of Agriculture; Ameri.
can Association Of Law Librarians,
Washington Hotel; board Of educa-
ton for librarianship, a closed
meeting at the Washington Hotel;
catalogue section, Corcoran Art
Gallery auditorium; children's IL
brarians section, Willard Hotel;
committee on cooperation with his
panic peoples, Washington Audi
torium; hospital libraries, Walter
Reed Hospital; League of Library
Commissions, Washington Audi
torium; National Association of
State Libraries, Washington Hotel;
publicity section. Washington Audi
torium; Special Libraries Associa-
ton. Mayflower Hotel.
The chiIdren's librarians section
will give a tea at o'clock at the
Washington Public Library and sim
liar social affairs will be held at the
same hour by the County Libraries
Association and the Hospital Labra-
rise Association, the latter at Walter
Reed Hospital.