Show few persons get full advantage of reading that there are several million persons in the united states beyond the age of childhood who lie are illiterate contradicts tile the statement put by shakespeare in the mouth of that to read and write comes by nature there are other million nominally literate who yet read so little and with such pain that to them books are as an instrument upon apon which they have not learned to play prof charles 11 judd of the university of chicago emphasized this in speaking on adult education at the convocation of the university of the state of new york until people are ready to cultivate reading as they would cultivate the ability to play a musical instrument or to play golf they will never be able to use the best sources of information with readiness and full advantage reading aloud Is recognized as an art but reading to ones own mind Is also an art which can be deel del eloped as other arts by incessant practice if he were to give as much attention to the cultivation of this skill as aa tile the musician gives give s to ills his art the artisan with leisure and a library would be richer than the man mac whose profession or vocation leaves him no lime to read swiftly and thoughtfully in the literature which Is the organ of the race mind and whose chief function Is the fusion of ef nations and the enfranchisement of the soul of the individual new york times |