| Show hicha 10 1 o JUNIOR HIGH FOR BOOK library is depleted depicted and no funds available for purchases 0 for a book and a shady nook either indoor or out with the green leaves whispering overhead or the street cries all about where I 1 may read all at my ease case both of the new and the old for a jolly good book whereon to look Is better to me than gold today is the day for good read 1 ing ng habits habit 9 and skills nowhere in all the annals of the past have we found the ability to read well so important as it is today the necessity of learning to read is more urgent than ever before to realize this one need think only of the newspapers bulletins magazines ag pamphlets and books that daily flood our mail and libraries to overflowing over flowing this continuously growing literature contains so much important knowledge that the person who can not read quickly and intelligently is seriously handicapped for life unless a person can read and understand printed prose tho the vast store of knowledge concerning things practical and moral which mankind has achieved through centuries of study are literally closed books to him the necessity for rapid intelligent reading is here to stay and to grow schools and teachers have always w ays recognized the importance of reading it is made the first concern of children when they enter school but reading is not something that can be learned once and for all a 11 it is a continuing pro process ss that must be cherished and carried into life after school the junior high school age is the period in which the perfection and enrichment of reading habits should occur there is at this age a flood of new active life a broadening of interests a development of intense loyalties and devotions these new experiences can and should be caught up by appealing literature and made the motive force toward the development of reading habits and skills that will w j 11 be of life long service to the child parents and pah CI bathis this appeal to you ibave have you books lying idle in your homes that will tran snort child and someone alses child into the realm of vicarious experience so vital to growing youth I 1 if f so may we make use of them at the junior high we find our library depleted and greatly in need of reinforcement in this time of financial distress we find it impossible to buy new books and we are calling upon you the conscientious parents of richfield for aid if you have stories of incident adventure legend action humor gripping personalities suitable for junior high age ari may we have them stories such as those are ir lures which make young people read books of modern modem science mechanical invention ven tion love of nature history biography and american ideals contain the things that invite healthy minded children to read to own such books will be a delight to our pupils we ask your cooperation in placing these books before them |
