Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-10-12 | Page 12 | Library Section Elects Officers in UEA

Library Section Elects Officers in Miss f 1 SJ Venice Venire Robinson librarian at th the Stewart Training school was elected president of or the li librarians librarians' 11 1 section Utah Education In e elections held during an 1115 11 a a. a m m. m meeting Friday in Barratt hall 60 N. N i. i Main Miss MIsa Robinson succeeds Ralph D. D Thomson assistant librarian at atthe atthe the University of Utah Utah Others elected are Miss Pearl Snow Provo vIce president and Miss Alene lene Jensen Spanish Fork secretary L L. L H. H Kirkpatrick librarian Ot at atthe the University of or Utah discussing Library Problems in This Post Post- war war- World war stressed the Importance tance of a fixed program of learn learning ing for everybody When young people from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Chicago Utah and New Orleans Or- Or Or Or- leans leMS meet today all they h have ve vein In common intellectually Is all too frequently the comic strips We Ve cannot be sure sure for Instance that any bit of ot American literature ure or history is commonly held knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge he said It Is the Job of the librarian to see that the great books of yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- and today are made available available available avail avail- able to children Fairy tales ballads ballads' and the older adventure stories arc part of ot our our literary Inheritance he said and the child chUd who gets only a n a steady diet of merely the latest b books no matter how good la is being cheated He argued that the old McGuffey McGuffey McGuffey fey readers gave America things In common and that today the school library library- can perform that function if It it will be careful not notto notto notto to bury gr great at books of childhood under works devoid of Imagination tion real beauty and im inspiration 0