PARENT - TEACHER ASSOCIA- 
TION. 
Miss Zaidee Brown Spoke on ‘‘The 
Public Library.’’ 
The March meeting of the Man- 
chester Parent-Teacher association 
was held Wednesday evening at the 
Price school. In point of attend- 
ance, it was one of the most largely 
attended in the history of the or- 
ganization. The assembly hall was 
completely filled and the hallways 
also. The new president, Mrs. Hat- 
tie F. Baker, and the new corres- 
ponding secretary, Miss Lila G. 
Goldsmith, presided very ably in 
their respective capacities. 
During the business — session, it 
was voted by motion of Alfred L. 
Saben, that the secretary be author- 
ized to send a letter of sympathy to 
Mrs. Higgins, state president of the 
Parent-Teacher Associations, on ac- 
count of her recent bereavement, 
the death of her husband. Mrs. Hig- 
gins has addressed the local associa- 
tion. 
To increase interest in the mem- 
bership of the local association, a 
committee was appointed by the 
president to cover the different sec- 
tions of the town. For the west 
section, Mrs. G. B. Northrup was 
appointed; east section, Mrs. Leon- 
ardo Capello; plains, Mrs. David 
Butler. The fee to join is only 35 
cents. Stamp savings in the schools 
was announced as discontinued yes- 
terday. It was a most successful 
departure until the advent of the 
Manchester Trust Company and the 
Postal Savings were established. The 
former savings method has merely 
been outgrown by those other more 
profitable means children can con- 
tinue to save. The Trust Company 
plans to provide banks also, for 
children 9 years and younger. 
Supt. J. C. Mackin next took 
charge of the program. He first in- 
troduced the Manchester High 
School Glee club, who were heard in 
a well sustained chorus, under the 
leadership of Miss Bella Porter, who 
is fast gaining prestige in the com- 
munity as an accomplished and 
versatile musician, both as a violin- 
ist and conductor of the High school 
orchestra and Glee club. She is also 
a teacher at the High school in 
classical branches of that curricu- 
lum. The eclub’s appearance re- 
flected great credit on Miss Porter’s 
capabilities as a musical conductor. 
Miss Dora Marshall presided at the 
piano in an excellent manner. 
The presence of Miss Zaidee 
Brown of Boston, agent of the Free 
Public Library Commission at the 
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State House as the speaker of the 
evening, came about through the 
courtesy of Roland C. Lincoln, of 
the Manchester Public Library 
board. Miss Brown is a very charm- 
ing easy speaker and most convers- 
ant with her subject. She spoke on 
‘“‘The Public Library—what it does 
and ean do for the community and 
how to make it useful; its work with 
the schools, the duties and oppor- 
tunities of the librarian, trustees, 
ete.”’ 
In part Miss Brown stated that 
she had _ visited the Manchester 
library on her arrival in town and 
had fonnd it above the average in 
circulation of books per capita. <A 
good library magnifies its office. It 
is an active force in any community. 
There are always lalent readers in 
any community. 
The library creates broader lines 
of interest and is a stimulus anil 
guidance for reading especially m 
relation to children. Children often 
have special gifts along literary 
lines. They should have stimulous 
from good children’s books which 
should be selected wisely. They 
should have the best books, not milk 
and water literature. Children 
should be read to, out loud.” Books 
children own themselves often make 
the most impression as they are read 
repeatedly. 
Coneerted effort along these lines 
ean be made by parents, teachers 
and librarians by holding meetings. 
Women’s elubs should discuss ehil- 
dren’s books. ‘‘Story Hour’’ at the 
library, furnishing reading by the 
library for school work, regular lec- 
ture courses at the library, can be 
maintained. Such methods often 
bring out the real color and life of 
the subject in order to appeal to the 
youthful reader. 
Regular instruction in the practi- 
eal use of books and libraries should 
be given. Some people think the 
library is merely a source of recrea- 
tion. It is a souree of continued 
education. One’s hfe is always 
richer by more interests. A good 
active publie library is just as use- 
ful in many eases as a correspon- 
dence school. 
Other avenues by which the li- 
brary may realize its real function 
in the community are by the organi- 
zation of study and reading clubs, 
reading courses, autobiographic 
talks by representative citizens of a 
town on books that had influenced 
them. A readers’ bulletin board at 
the library of what books they liked 
is a great institution. It arouses 
different lines of interest in books. 
It helps workers along different lines 
and offers the value of the experi- 
MANCHESTER. 
Superintendent of Schools and 
Mrs. J. C. Mackin entertained at 
dinner on Wednesday evening, Miss 
Zaidee Brown of the State Library 
Commission and Roland C. Lincoln 
of the local library board. 
New line of spring goods at Bell’s. 
Come in and look at them. = 
Red-Men Collars at Bell’s Central 
square store. > 
There was quite an exciting run- 
away here Tuesday in which a driv- 
ing horse owned by W. A. Caldwell 
of North Beverly figured. Mr. Cald- 
well, with his brother Philip, were 
visiting friends at Manchester, when 
the horse, which was standing by 
the roadside, became frightened by 
a passing motor car and ran away, 
running to Beverly Farms before he 
was finally captured. Little dam- 
age was done. 
Union Suits and 
Bell’s. Central square. 
P. R. Oysters at Manchester Fish 
Market, 25 Central street. bf 
Sweaters at 
ences of other people. 
The library can aid materially in 
technical and industrial work. Lists 
for labor unions on books of particu- 
lar interest to them could be pro- 
vided or speakers to address sucn 
unions on those subjects. The best 
composition of the week in the local 
schools could be tacked on the 
library bulletin board. 
Cooperation between the lbrary 
and town societies can be stimulated 
by local pride in a good historical 
collection of town events in the local 
library, a kodak collection of pic- 
tures, scrap books of clippings, ete. 
The community should give the 
library appreciation, patience in ser- 
vice and adequate support. 
Regarding the State Library Com- 
mission, its function is advisory. It 
has a fund for inadequately financed 
libraries, an office for general in- 
formation. 
A good library therefore, is a 
uniting foree for good in any com- 
munity. 
At the close of the lecture a ris- 
ing vote of thanks was tendered Miss 
Brown for her able address and the 
flee club rendered another chorus 
effectively. : 
During the social hour light re- 
freshments were served by the social 
committee to fully two hundred peo- 
ple by Mrs. G. A. Knoerr, chairman, 
Mrs. Chester Crafts, Mrs. A. A. Cush- 
ing, Mrs. Henry Davis, Mrs. W. F. 
Swan. Mrs Healy, Mrs. L. W. Floyd, 
Misses Edith Folson and Florence 
Noulan and Albert Cunningham. 
