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Show Library Open On Sunday Need Emphasized by the Number of Visitors. Anoventofno llttlo importance In tho history or Logan took place almost unnoticed a week ago last Sunday. This was the opening of the Agricultural Agricul-tural College Library to tho public un Sunday afternoon. Then for tie first time In the history of Logan, a library aud reading room were at the disposal of all Its citizens on a day of leisure. That they appreciated tho blessing was proved by tho attendance, as on the first Supday thirty-eight people used the library and on the following Sunday about fifty. And these visitors visit-ors were townspeople and children as well as students. For those who do not attend Sunday afternoon services, or for those who do and then wish to take a walk before sunset, no pleasanter excursion may bo found than tho walk along tho boulevard and the climb up the college hllljollowed by a quiet hour browsing among good books or getting up-to-date by looking over the latest magazines. maga-zines. Sunday is a day when the mind should be cleared of Its tawdry, week day cares and set on higher thtngs.and next to to the uplifting Influences of the church should come the companionship compan-ionship of good books and the exhilaration exhilara-tion of a qulet.thoughtful walk In the sun and' air. ' The real city park or Logan is the campus of the Agricultural College. ''I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my strength," said the Psalmist, and the admirable sentiment leads us to suddosg that.. had he lived In Logan, he would have spent more time on the college campus cam-pus than In the city park, so unfortunately unfor-tunately situated in the slews to the soutlrot the city, The Sunday Impulse Im-pulse should starta manollmblngand, ir he climb as rar as the college,he will find In the college campus a well planned plan-ned park, the equal of which Is to be found in few cities. Here are winding paths and drives, greenhouses and flower-beds,lawns,orchard, and groves, and an unsurpassed view of the entire valley. Here a man may rise above the contagious diseases of the valley, Its muddy roads, Its street loafers, Its sensational billboards, and all its sordid sor-did interests, and, In the companionship companion-ship of cither books or nature, may pass a quiet, profitable, soul-expanding hour. The citizens of Logan, having given these acres to the stato many years ago, may now receive ample Interest on their Investment any tlmo they care to mount the hill to the college door, and the benefits are especially abundant on Sunday afternoon from two to six. R. |