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Show 14 The Dixie Owl, St. Oeorge, Utah concentrating, in order that you may get the most out of the time spent there, and with the determination to do nothing to disturb others who are trying to study, then you will be able to accomplish a great deal. On the other hand, whispering and laughing is not only a waste of time, but annoys others so that they are unable to study. Another thing that is very annoying is to have some one come stamping in on his heels, throw his books down with a bang, and drop noisily into a chair. If you expect to stay in the library you must conform to its rules. Have consideration enough for the other fellow to be as quiet as possible. In using the library books, be careful. Some people seem to have the idea that books will last indefinitely, no matter how carelessly they are handled. Really this is not the case. Books will wear out, and the more roughly they are handled the sooner they are gone. Each student knows that a large sum of money has been used to equip the library in order that he may have the benefit of the fine collection of books there, and each should know that the least he can do to show his appreciation of the opportunities thus afforded him is to be as careful as it is in his power to be, of all the books he handles. Now, a few donts concerning Library books. Dont throw the books open so carelessly that the back is broken ; no one likes to handle a book with a broken back. Dont wet your fingers to turn the leaves ; they can be much more easily and rapidly turned by simply slipping the finger uncorner of each leaf. If you must der the upper right-han- d leave a book before you have finished what you were reading, dont turn down the corner of the leaf to mark your place. Jot down the page and you will be able to find it. Repeatedly turning down the corners of leaves will in due time wear them off, and then what a ragged looking book we have. It is certain that if each will follow the instructions of the Librarian given in Devotional the other morning, the results he gets out of his library work will be much more satisfactory. off |