Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-18
DELIVER TALKS
|NLAST SESSION
Of LIBRARIANS
Number of Prominent Edu-
Gators Address Delegates in
! Washington Auditorium.
CALIFORNIA SELECTED
FOR NEXT CONVENTION
Newly-Elected officers Are Present
ed With Brief Exercises-Meet-
ing Is Successful.

The f1fty-first annual meeting OF the
american Library Association. DESCRIBED
as the largest and most successful ir
its history, wound up this morning al
the Washington Auditorium. Severa
prominent educators addressed the 2,700
delegates, and their remarks were fol-
lowed by brief exercises at which the
newly elected officers were presented tc
the membership.
Another feature of the closing con.
ference was the report of the resolutions
committee, which expressed deep appre-
citation for the efforts of the local COM
r1ittee on arrangements. in planning
the details of the convention here. DR.
George F. Bowerman is chairman OF
the committee, assisted by number OF
prominent WashingtonianS
Thanks in behalf of the association
were also extended to the Libraries OF
Congress. of the Federal departments
and of the District of Columbia, for
the effective organization, which has
afforded us the opportunity for seeing
the sights and enjoying the hospitality
of Washington"
It was announced at the final meet
ing that the next convention would be
held in California, the city and the
date to be determined later.
Speakers this morning included F. P.
Keppel, president of the Carnegie Cor
poration of New York City. who dis
cussed Adult Education and Reading
Courses" and David Lawrence, editor
Of United States Daily.
Two Afternoon Meetings.
Although the convention proper ad-
1ourned at noon, two meetings were
in session this afternoon working out
the final business details of the con-
vention. The executive board and the
committee on libraries in national
parks we're meeting. separately this
afternoon in the washington Hotel.
The report of the committee on reso-
buttons follows, in part: THAT the
members of the American Library As
ISOLATION now in session desire to ex-
press their hearty appreciation and ap-
proval of the arrangements for Its
fifty-first annual conference. The Sc
lection of the National Capital as a
place of meetings affords the oppor-
tunity for visiting this most beautiful
American city, and keeping us in touch
with its development and growth. We
have enjoyed the parks, the drives, the
roses and iris, the green of the trees
and the sweep of the open spaces. We
have revisited our national Shrines and
renewed our political faith.
BE it therefore resolved, That the
thanks of the association be extended
to the chairman of the local committee,
DR.. George F. Bowerman; his associates
and the Libraries of Congress, of the
Federal departments and OF the District
of Columbia for the effective organiza-
ton which has afforded us the oppor-
tunity for seeing the sights and enjoy
ing the hospitality of social gatherings,
which have made this notable con-
ference"
Koogh Elected President.
Andrew Koogh, head of the Yale
University Library, is the new presi-
dent of the Association, succeeding Miss
Linda A. Eastman. Other officers on
the slate previously chosen and farmal-
ly confirmed today are:
First vice president, Everett r. Perry,
librarian, public library, Los Angeles;
second vice president. Jennie M. Flex-
ner, public library, New York: treasurer
Matthew S. Dudgeon, librarian, public
library, Milwaukee.
Trustee of endowment fund. John w,
oLeary. president, Chicago Trust Co.,
Chicago.
Members of the executive board
Linda A. Eastman, librarian, public
library, Cleveland, and Judson T. Jen-
nings, librarian, public library, Seattle.
to the council: Robert j. Usher. libr-
rian, Howard Memorial Library. New
Orleans; Charles H. Compton, assistant
librarian, public library, st. Louis; Hal
sey w. Wilson, New York; Essae M
Culver, executive secretary. State LII
brary Commission, Baton Rouge and
r. r. Bowker, editor, the Library
journal. New York.
President Hoover's greeting to the
delegates, as conveyed to the closing
meeting by Miss Eastman, the retiring
president, follows:
Miss Linda A. Eastman, President,
American Library Association,
Hotel Washington, D. G.
My Dear Miss Eastman:
Please extend my cordial greetings
to the librarians of the United States
now in conference in Washington,
and my best wishes that fresh in
SEPARATIONS in their important educa-
tional field may be derived from
their discussions.
Yours faithfully.
J. HERBERT HOOVER"
Raps Education Shortcuts.
In his address to the final meeting,
Everett Dean Martin, director OF the
Peoples Institute of New York City
criticized, those who would take a
shortcut" to education by seeking in
tellectual and cultural development
with the greatest possible ease" :.
American youth" Mr.. Martin, lead
ing psychologist, continued, "has &C.
CURED its ideal of college from the mo-
ton pictures. Athletics, fraternlties
and automobiles have tended to dis
place science and the classics. Short
cuts to education are being sought not
only by college and university students
but by adults looking for methods
whereby they can acquire the much
sought-after so-called culture with the
greatest possible ease"
To prove his point, Mr.. Martin citec
advertisements which promise the read
er an education in one volume anc
which are making fortunes for the ad'
vertiser.
THAT any one should seriously entel
upon a course of study Of the world!
classics" Mr.. Martin averred, "in ordel
that he may impress people with hi
knowledge, appear genteel, make him
self attractive to women or gain en-
trance to an exclusive social set, Is,
believe, a distinctly modern contribu
ton to educational theory. Intelligence
in this country makes a poor shown;
in competition with quackery."
A list of SO of the most inportan
books of those current on religious ques
tions, as selected by Frank Grant Levi
of Chester, Pa, for the association
exhibit of religious books, was an
nounced yesterday afternoon at meet
ing of the religious books section a
the Washington Cathedral Library.
In making known the list he ha
chosen as of first import, Mr.. Levi
pointed out that there were man
books which might prove objectionabl
to the various creeds. 1T may be, how
ever" he continued. that because @
the varied YieWnoints and unWelcom