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Show mn Improvement Noted More Books Needed; Smaller Towns, ADVISE GREATER Better Selections of i ture Declared to Be o Utmost Important: A merging or the work and a-public a-public libraries and the -publ.' each to complement the other keynote of the speeches 6(-u-. the Utah Library association a-tug a-tug session at the city and to-ing to-ing yesterday morning. In three interesting address, was played upon. How it may was pointed out, and many of -cent results that would t0. closer union of the two institj-delineated. institj-delineated. Welfare of the child is b -j sense the goal of the rare iGowans, president of the a.-U ! social progress depends lar - ! present generation aiding tii- j i generation to. higher achieve- it Itself is able to reach. Ti-I Ti-I public schools and the pui.i!' the one working hand In ham other, are the children of t. made superior men and wome.v row. hp said. Nearly fifty delegates, reproof repro-of the libraries of the stat ' j. ent when the meeting openj morning. President Gowans pr-delivered pr-delivered the opening adrir; addresses during the mornn-were mornn-were delivered by A. C. Matr-' superintendent of public instj Mary K. Lowney of Ohio, engaged by the state dun:.? three months as an organizer -.-throughout the state. At ll.r . session a general round-table .-of .-of a number of topics was -which the delegates adjoiin-Cummcrcial adjoiin-Cummcrcial club, where a bar. given. Books for Small Towns. President Gowans spoke at ; the importance of a public lr:; smaller towns and communis-rectly communis-rectly connected with the n.-and n.-and arteries of civilization. T cities are fairly well equipped r rection, he said, but tlie srV are much in need of more ev brary facilities. The best me;-tending me;-tending these facilities is tr public schools, he said, anc that those present bend ti toward a closer union betwc:-:. institutions. Mips Downey ?poke in an un. teresting manner on her work i:. sections of L'tah. She told o; as she had found them with re' public libraries. what stops taken to improve these coL-iv how the good work could hf until every hamlet in the state- -child, or grown-up, either, j within easy reach the book; j to intellectual awakening and: j The speaker said she hop-xi 'time when revenues from tw ' sufficient to run tlie libraries. ; that time arrives other ways r of raising money must be on;'' said. The best methods of ra;.-: i for libraries in the smaller i.-'discussed i.-'discussed by her. J Care in Selection, i She laid particular stress or " care that should be taken ir ?: or acquiring books for th t ' braries. tt is a great mistake to stock up the libraries with at. books that may be available. choice should be exercised to ! appetftie of the younger ee -trained to a regard for and a ' best books and the best lit?' i world affords. She said that ir 1 the smaller town libraries she :a deplorable preponderance of' an indiscriminate sort. Superintendent Matheson W' address on general educatio:-. 1 discussing interestingly the pr;' 1 has been made in the problem ' tlon in Utah. Development of ' !ing habit and creation of a i" good books is the biggest thins ' ; schools can hope to achieve, iu ; with such a demand created, j means for supplying it obtains, i teliectual progress of children !s I He said that the reading habit ! ing rapidly in the rural district I state and that the chief problerr. ! ent is to supply enough of the r. I of books. By meeting and sol i problem the public libraries of i I will lip nprfnntiinfr ac grpflt a the public schools are. he said. The following subjects were c in an informal manner at the i session: "The Librarian," "Lit"' get."' "School District and Sa-sions." Sa-sions." "Turning the School Lib the Book Fund to the Public L "Branches." "Circulation m Through Schools." "Method of Cr-School Cr-School District Libraries." This morning's session will b'r I o'clock. Several addresses will 'y ! ered. The afternoon session wi i voted to transaction of a-; ! business. 'Dinner at Club. About fortv of the library '' the state gathered at the banc in the Commercial club la?t m?-'1 the speakers were Professor H1 Driggs of the University of If-Marv If-Marv E. Downey, state library c- Governor William Spry; A. C state superintendent of publk1 ir"" President J. T. Kingsbury of tRe sitv of Utah, Professor J. '. the University of Utah; L. B. t?-superintendent t?-superintendent of the Provo Jonna S-prague. librarian of -3 Citv libraries: Klizabeth B. Sim',., tan of the Utah Agricultural cc-K. cc-K. G. Gowans, superintendent ol Industrial school. Professor . Driggs and Mrs. Lizzie Thomas -sang several selections. |