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cago, and in December Miss Lutie E. Stearns of the Wisconsin
Free Library Commission lectured on "The library spirit,"
"The library beautiful," "The problem of the girl" and "The
public library from the standpoint of the public." Later in the
month Miss Mary Wright Plummer, Director of Pratt Institute
Library School, gave lectures on "The reading of poetry to
children" and "The development of the public library." Special
instruction in story telling was given by Miss Marie L. Shedlock
of London. The teachers of the public schools of Pittsburgh
having expressed a desire to hear Miss Shedlock lecture,
the Training School arranged for a "Teachers' evening" on
December 19 in Carnegie Music Hall. Invitations were sent to
all the public and private schools of the city, and the program
included a lecture on "The art of story telling" by Miss Shedlock,
several songs by Miss Christine Miller of Pittsburgh, accompanied
by Mrs F. W. Bearl, after which the following
stories were told by Miss Shedlock:—"The giant and the jack
straws," "The wolf and the kids," "Hafiz, the stonecutter," and
"The selfish giant."
At Christmas time Miss Caroline Hewins of the Hartford
Public Library, Hartford, Connecticut, presented the Training
School reference library with three old time children's books :—
"Rollo's museum" by Jacob Abbott, Berquin's "Children's
friend," v.i and "Merry's museum," v. 1-4. This gift is highly
appreciated and forms a valuable addition to the school collection.
Among the recent appointments of Library School students
was that of Ida Josephine Duff, class of '05, as children's librarian
at the Carroll Park branch, Brooklyn Public Library.
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