THE TRAINING OF FAEMEES 



We are much in need of a coordination 

 or association of all these various efforts. 

 If there is no formal organization as be- 

 tween them all, I am sure that there should 

 be a cooperative interest between them so 

 that they will all work together harmoni- 

 ously toward one end. All these agencies 

 should be active. They should know what 

 other agencies are doing. Each one of 

 them should preserve its full autonomy, 

 but it will do more concrete work if it 

 knows its own field, and will be stimulated 

 to greater effort if it knows what other or- 

 ganizations are doing. 



The libraries 



There should be a library in every rural 

 town. This library should have relation 

 to its community, as a school or a church 

 has. It should be an educational center. 



The traveling libraries have provided a 

 new way of developing the reading habit in 

 the country and in remote towns. It un- 

 doubtedly has had great influence, although 

 I think that the character of its literature 

 needs to be reconsidered. 



If libraries and librarians are only a 

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