The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-13
sAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre. MINI.

that my letters get delivered apparently. and more
recently the the brothers letters from Cali
fornia invariably reach this city instead Of some
place in Siam.
And find Steve schwarzbauer chuckling
treatise Elliott last week in which he (Steve)
mentioned, driving milk cart. And Steve
recalling his faithful little horse Dafy and laughing
loudly Bob's reference to his mothers cabbage
pie" And how different milk was dispensed in
those days They made two deliveries daily and the
deliverer rang the bell whereupon housewife appear
ed armed with bucket pan into which was ladled
the sought for measure Of milk cream.
pleasant fifteen minutes raking over the past.
Find ourselves face to face with the future talking
with George OGara and both Of us winding up with
the fact the only fun any of get out Of this war
is the fact that each of has solution simple
we can scarcely understand how governments can be
stupid not to it, And find that five
o'clock has rolled around and the typewriter and
notes waiting for our transcription. So hike
back to office to set down on paper what you see
here along with other chits of the day. As the
sinks in the west and school BUSES return from
days end the Monday diary with stomach
rappng again that suppertime is near
Dear diary p Sand note. with the help of
others who have called attention to it., that the
thumb latch on the door of the Allan Meigs eatery
has broken off. And wonder how many times
latches will get such abuse. And add too seeing
Art MacDermond in an abbreviated greatcoat just
the ticket for these semispring days. And Al Sal
mond with him accepting with pleasure cigar.
ton this nice day to buy new tie or some geegaw.
But manfully oppressed the desire
"Out of the Night" by Jan Valtin, is currently
the most popular book in the Bryant Library and
elsewhere in the country 1t is rivalling the early
demand created for Gone With the Wind" and is
the first book since the famed epic of the south to
rate such popular demand. The waiting list is
jammed with those wanting to read this book
snatched from a contemporary scene few Of us
would relish to see Its rise in popular demand is
indicative of times, and is odd that here is
non-fiction work that is rivalling the best that
fiction has to offer. Librarian Bernice Finnegan
tells us that is unusual It's soaring document,
this biography of Valtin and unusual circumstances
are brought to mind in its popularity.
Today probably as never the selection of non
fiction works for library becomes of the tough
est tasks, and into the town another Granny, the
conservative, staid book dispensing institutions is
spotted with the white light of the grave interna-
tional situation. Miss Finnegan explained 1t
something like this. Extreme must be
cised in book selections. Books that today time
ly accurate to a degree in the face of fast moving
conditions outdated the morrow. The pur-
pose of buying books for library is to build it.
"Deadwood" the shelves, yesterdays popular
works. no builders. 1t is necessary to watch
for subtle throbbngs of isms and propaganda, and
yet it is necessary in public institution to attempt
at providing both sides to current popular questions
go"
Librarians assert today that the real problem,
with youth reading heavier share of the books
than adults lies in the formation of their ideas
1t has been noted that writer's sometimes do
about face in the light of future reflection. Lbrar
les over the country attempting to eliminate
the faulty selections Of books from 1914 to 1918.
Librarian must have foresight hndsight, firm
grasp the present situation a clear cut inter-
probation of both sides of popular questions, keen
of what the future will hold. =. Wrap that
up in one neat package and for the time being you
have bit of job your hands.
Books alone cannot change people unearth
the deepseated roots of war. But books are another
of the agencies for molding public opinion Else
why should Germany ban such noted anti-war docu-
ments "A Farewell to Arms" "An Quiet the
Western 'FRONT.'" In this town with per capita
circulation of "a books 1t is quite readily ascertained
that things read to certain extent things remem
bered We thought this might be stumbling
insight into another of the cavities into which has
come the pain of and international distress.
Sank Centre is remote village city that
can shut its gates It takes the long view q. AS
antidote to possible filtration of works that may
extend faulty points of view the library presents
its International Mind Above, Carnegie endow-
ment group of one hundred books assembled about
different peoples about various countries by experts
We should say off hand that the protection of
the American point of view not in segregating people
from books with what term wrong view
points, but in extending to them a wel-rounded pic
ture of what goes on comes under the head Of
tional defense. =.