Show LIBRARY WOULD FAIL WITH 0 VI II FI FICTION FICTION- 0 N Prof Marshall Declares It Necessary to lead the Masses asses to Higher uglier Education J I 1 f The Tho trend of or modern fiction is itt toward the historical whIch which is is commendable commendable com com- increased Intellectuality inasmuch h as it shows shots's f 4 ANOTHER FEATURE OF MODERN l FICTION IS TH THE SHORT f THE TIlE EXTREME IE NERVOUSNESS OF NOVEL DUE POSSIBLY TO THE AGE TIllS THIS SHORT STOnY HAS REACHED A PO pOINT NT OF HIGH ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND SERVES TO AROU AROUSE E AND ND I IOnly FOSTER THE READING HABIT Only by the ci creation cation of a de desire re to read will people gradually IY take to reading the highest and best literature literatureS PROFESSOR GEORGE GEORE A A. MARSHALL l I i 4 4 4 Salt Lakers are deeply Interested intes-ested Inthe in inthe the he question n of fiction in the public library which is now now being being discovered red by the bythe the reading public Along this line George ceorge JM III Marshall professor of the English language and literature literature In the University of Ut Utah h said today A r rapidly growing number of persons per per- sons ons are today reading with nation Just as this number increases h heavier avlet reading material will be demanded demanded demanded de de- de- de and nd the shelves of our public libraries should contain this stronger and abd heavier literature The legitimate function of or a public library is of course to o educate the public taste but if a library were founded with this as its sole ole object it tt t would fall fail of Its purpose simplY Imply because people would not read They Must Hust Be Coaxed o be coaxed e Into reading te ol Jea T They muse mut be educated c t to read Such Sucha a a. small proportion of persons have any intellectual ambition for heavy mat material ma ma- t that they must be educated up to this higher plane and the only way to accomplish this end Is to let them read what they want and by this means they will gradually discard the lighter fiction for the nore more substantial writings on history economics POPUlar popular popular lar sciences and the novels of such wr writers as Dl Dickens kens and ElI Eliot t Now by I lighter fiction I dont don't mean trash and vicious literature this sho should ld always be excluded from the public libraries The Ideal Library The ideal library will contain the works of history science biography economics books on travel novels of I such writers as Dickens George Eliot etc But taking people as they are today not what they theys s be 95 per cent read for amusement amusement amuse amusement ment only Consequently the libraries should strike a happy medium between between books designed for amusement and those designed for education and by catering to the public taste in this way the pu public taste will gradually rise |