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P R O C E E D I N G S General Sessions Fifty-Eighth )­ P R O C E E D I N G S w w ll'. )- 0 <f) z ~ '.S ll'. w <( > )- w GENERAL SESSIONS z ~ 0U 0 ""' w FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE > <("' z ll'. 0 0 <ll>- 0 s <( w :,:Z AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ;;; u <!) z e' -. )-rr: >- 0 z ;;; <! 0: a. ~ ::,: rr:" 0 ~ u w '--' l!) . z "'z ~ ~ a: !;; 0 w a. ~ UJ 0 ll: ~ a: "'>­ w ~ )- a: 1/l <!) <! 'i :::,: ~ w "'~ )-,:: ~"' w > <( z ~ g ,:: <( u u . "au :c z U) 0 "' g<!) en z <fl 0 "')­w <!) a: z 1: r May 11-16, 1936 <( V) Q1 )­ <( z Richmond, Virginia. r 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Monday Evening Session May 11, 1936 Address of Welcome, John Stewart Bryan. 1 f- ~ er Response, Ella May Thornton ••..••....• 8 f- 0 V1 z 2 :3 0: w ">f- w Communications •••.••.....•...........• 12 z J 0U :2 "' President's Address, Louis Round Wilson 13 w > "z er~ Remarks., Thomas P. Ayer ••••...•••..••. 13 "',..0 0 o 3 :,:Z"w "' Wednesday Morning Session u"' May 13, 1936 ~ ~ . a'. >- 0 z :;; 11 <( a: The Status of Library Development in (l J 11 ;E ~ America., Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith •. 16 0 z u w '-" <!) . z ""z 11 ~ ~ Library Objectives.," Ralph Munn •••••• 17 er !:z 0 w (l ~ o::UJ u0 >­ er I Thursday Morning Session UJ :'i f- er <fl" May 14, <( ~ 1936 :I: I'.: V) w ~ r " f- ~ Reports of administration officers, boards and commit tees •••••..••.....•• w 32 > "z ~g Report of Committee on Constitution I<{ u u :>: I: and By--Laws •••.••................... 32 ciu z U1 0 "' Address, R. D. W. Connor •••••• . .••..•• 44 "g (Il z Introduction, William Warner Bishop ••• "'0 45 V, ~ a'.w"' z ~ I "V) 11 Library Cooperation in Great Britain, 11 g:::z " z"' Lionel R. McColvin ••••••.••••••••••• 47 ( llThe Library as a Social and Democratic Force, 11 Dr. Frank P. Graham •••..•••• 65 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Saturday Morning Session May 16, 1936 Report of Committee on Resolutions.... 79 Report of Committee on Elections .. 82 "Biography Today ana. Tomorrow, 11 Douglas S . Freeman .•••••••...••••... 85 w Address, David Cushman Coyle •••...•.•. 85 > <(,: z a: 0 0 <11>- ;::; 3 <( w ::E z ui u. "'z . ~ ~ . er >- 0 z ~ ~ a: Q. J ~ "er 0 ~ w u co <!) z V,z j:: 9 a: z 0 w Q. ~ 1/J 0 a: u >­ a: I 1/J ~ f- er t/l"' ~':;' ~ ~ t/l UJ ~ :,: <( ,.. ~ w ~ z ~ g I<( u u ::EI ciu :z "'0 U) "'g CD Z <Jl 0 <Jl >­ erw" z ': r g?;""'z <( <( z l MONDAY EVENING SESSION May 11, 1936 The First General Session of the Fifty-Eighth Annual :;; Conference of the American Library Association, held in The w rr I- 0 Vl Z ~ ~ Mosque, Richmond, Virginia, convened at 8:45 o'clock, Dr. 0: w <( > I- uJ z-' 0U Louis Round Wilson, President of the Association, presiding. :2 "' I ~ PRESIDENT WILSON: I declare the Fifty-Eighth Annual <( ~ z rr U),..0 0 Conference of the American Library Associa tion in session! o ~ <( uJ :,:Z "' I am happy to have on the platform with me tonight, in addition to Dr. Bryan, , t he representatives of the affiliate, organizations of the American Library Association. The address of welcome to the Association and af­ filiated organizations will be made by Dr. John Stewart Bryan, Editor and Publisher of the Richmond News-Leader, President of the College of William and Mary, Chairman of the Public Library w > <( z Board of Richmond, and Honorary Vice-President of the American ~ g I<( u u :>: I Library Association Special Membership Committee. We shall be c;u z "'0 "' happy, Dr. Bryan, to have you address us. (Applause) "'g CD Z <I) 0 DR. JOHN STEWART BRYAN: Ladies and Gentlemen, Dr. <I) .... w <'.) l~ -' I <( U) z <( 0 3: Wilson: When I heard this long list of things that I s.m >=<( z supposed to be I was sorry the Doctor left off the fact that I am Chairman of the Commission on Insurance for Unemployment. One of my friends said, "If you take every job yourself you 1- 2 don't leave any for the unemployed." I am very happy to welcome you here tonight. It is r a great honor for Richmond, a great encouragement for us t;; believers in libraries who had to wait so long before we had u, 1-- 0 V1" z ~ :5 one of our own. But time is not very much in this Old Dominion • <( > """zf- uJ_, 0U 0 We are not quite as slow as South Carolina, however. I knew a r-- "" gentleman once from South Carolina, and he was at the great '"> "'"'0z" 0 <ll>- French restaurant called L'Escargot, and somebody gave him o 3 1 <( UJ :,:Z "' some French snails, and said, "Did you ever eat them before?" He said, "No, I've never eaten them, but I've seen them. We never could catch them. 11 (Laughter) I think it was 327 or -28 or -29 years ago, lacking two days, since the English caught Virginia. Next Wednesday, May 13 is the anniversary. In 1607 the British came here and here they have been ever since. I was at Jamestown on the uJ > <,: z 300th Anniversary, and they baptised a child that day named ~~ :r: <( u u ":r:ou Yardley, who wee a direct descendant of one of the British who z tn 0 "' came with John Smith. I suppose you may wonder why I go into "''3 (I) z U) 0 that. Well, of course, we always do, you know. It is a part .... "'""'-' tr z 0.. - _, :c <( U) z <( o3: of the thing. (Laughter) z~ I suppose the greatest colonist who ever lived in America was the Virginian who gave his son this piece of absolutely glorified advice. He said, 11 Son, when you meet 3 people, never ask them from whence they come. If they are from Virginia they will tell you, and if they are not, they will be r eorry.q Of course that is just a modest way of putting :;; things. w O' >- 0 V, z ~ '.3 I had a cousin once and he said, "Don't talk to me O' w ">- >w z--' 0U Ir,/ ::: about gene9logy. I have got four British kings in my direct "' w line of ancestry and nine Norwegian kings I don't count." > "z O'~ V)>-0 0 0 3 So we will just get down to the real meat of this, :,:Z"'w ~ which is libraries and our Association. I suppose that on that u "' ~ ~ . >- "0 ship, or one of those ships that John Smith came with, one of z :;; <( a: 0. --' L ;l 0 ~ the people was the Reverend Robert Hunt. I wouldn't be at all U"' '-" t!) z "'z j:: ~ surprised if he didn't have some wonderful books with him, a: 'z 0 w 0. ~ o::UJ u0 because John Smith speaks of him as a godly and a courageous >­ a: I UJ ~ 1-- " 1/1 "' <( ~ and a Christian divine. I don't know why he put the liChristianll ~ ~ <f) I:"UJ " 1-- ~ in there. w > "z Robert Hunt was the first man that ever celebrated ~g I:"u u :,: I ,:;u the communion on these shores, on the third Sunday after z Ul 0 "' Trinity, 1607, and in 1608 his little store of books was burned "''3 aiz <fl 0 up in the fire that wae caused by an effort to repel an Indian V, >­ a:w" z Cl. - "V)--' I o3.z " invasion or massacre. .: <( z There is a funny thing about those Indians and these English. If you read the history of Virginia, and I think it might also be true of the history of Massachusetts, you will I 4 . find out how the old Anglo-Saxon traits cropped up. They built a church, they started self-government, and then they started to open the door of salvation to the Indians by way of rifles. Old Sir Robert Boyd left a lot of money to a Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and they gave it nearly all to William and Mary, and what was left they gave to the College for the Propagation of the Gospel, which I think meant '"> <{"' Z CI 0 0 <ll>- o 3 Harvard. It certainly wasn't mentioned by name. They gave <{ UJ :,:Z .; forty-five pounds to two preachers, and in spite of all that effort the Indians rose up in 1622 and nearly killed us all. That shows how ungrateful they were, because in 1618 the London Company passed an order that a college should be established in Virginia, and to that college was given by sundry well­ intentioned and charitable persons a Bible, a communion set, a library, and a substantial amount of money. They picked a "'> <{ z place down here on this river, put a palisade on top, and kept ~g :r: <{ u u :>: :r: everything out but the mosquitoes. The college was never built ciu z <fl 0 "' The Indians nearly destroyed us, and that caused "''3 CD Z V) 0 another big fire and more of our books were destroyed. You V) ... a: z CL'"" - ~ :r: <{ V) z <{ can read the early records of the invoices and you can see the 0 3: .: <( z quality of books we got, how many came 1n, and how often they were destroyed by fire. In 1676, when Governor Berkeley was Governor (the 5 one whose eyes, as the Bible says, "were holden when he thanked ~411), there were no printing presses in Virginia. There were eight free schools in Virginia at that time, and two are work­ f­ w ing still.
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