Illinois Libraries, Volumes 1-5 Illinois State Library, 1919 - Libraries Includes proceedings of the Illinois Library Association. |
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Page 7 - We get no good By being ungenerous, even to a book, And calculating profits . . so much help By so much reading. It is rather when We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound, Impassioned for its beauty and salt of truth — 'Tis then we get the right good from a book.
Page 7 - They shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own guidance, and for the government of the library and reading room, as may be expedient, not inconsistent with this article.
Page 36 - My father's walls are made of brick, But not so tall, and not so thick As these ; and, goodness me ! My father's beams are made of wood, But never, never half so good As those that now I see.
Page 51 - All pupils in both elementary and secondary schools should have ready access to books to the end that they may be trained: (a) to love to read that which is worth while...
Page 64 - I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves. They never pauperize. They reach the aspiring, and open to these the chief treasures of the world — those stored up in books. A taste for reading drives out lower tastes.
Page 47 - The perfume of the little flowers of the lime-tree fell through the air upon them like rain; while time seemed to move ever more slowly to the murmur of the bees in it, till it almost stood still on June afternoons.
Page 27 - Institutions, reputable and in good standIng and to determine the reputability and good standing of a school, college or university, or department of a university, or other Institution, reputable and in good standing by reference to a compliance with such rules and regulations; 4.
Page 22 - ... such tax to be levied and collected in like manner with the general taxes of the said city or village and to be known as the "Tuberculosis Sanitarium Fund...
Page 52 - Every school that provides training for teachers should require a course in the use of books and libraries, and a course on the best literature for children. 5. Every state should provide for the supervision of school libraries and for the certification of school librarians. 6. The public library should be recognized as a necessary part of public instruction, and should be as liberally supported by tax as are the public schools, and for the same reasons. 7. The school system that does not make liberal...
Page 5 - One of the original members shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term...
