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Show SEEKS MAGAZINES FOR LIBRARIES At tho meeting of tho principals of the various schools of the city in the office of Superintendent Chris te risen yesterday a plan was formed for collecting the back hips of magazines and papers for the libraries of the state. Miss Mary E. Downey, state librarian, was the speaker. She said: Many of the libraries in the smaller towns of the state are in a. bad way for reference hnoks. With n good supp'v -f the back numbers of the leading magazines they would be In a position to do much of this work, using Ihe. index files of the magazines as h key. Few of them, however, ouisidc of Suit. T-rfikc and Ogden have huv magazines. And tbe rural sec-tions sec-tions nf the state are able to supply but few bonks because of the practice prac-tice of sending the in to the mine?. H is the purpose of th" educators of t lie etate to have a canvass and collect bi S-alt L.ake all the availablo books and magazines. Persons will be asked to give and the children will be request1 1f bring them from home. Miss Downey Raid the children would start a contest Monday and continue the work t hron sh the week in an effort to get ihe jieees'sa vy books. |