The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1913. LEVIN'S CARNEGIE LIBARY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 April 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1913. LEVIN'S CARNEGIE LIBARY.

A notable .suggesti< 111 is made in The Chronicle to-day by the l'ov. A. C. Kanderson regarding the administration of Levin's Carnegie library. Something to l»rin;i (his library'.l- - into clusor touch with its reading patrons is very desirable, for the nature and restrictions of the Carnegie libraries arc ol a (j 11 aI i i lo make ihese institutions less helpful than tlioy illicit ho unless some f-oimtiMMfiinsx force is established. We are wholly favourable to Mr I'andersnu's suggestion for the establishment of a pernianeut. committee of ladies .and gentlemen whose duties would be chiefly consultative, but who might have a voice in oilier matters of library importance also. Certainly this I committee shnnld be confined to those who voluntarily subscribe to the funds of ibc library and in so doing contravene the spirit of Mr Cnrnojfie'.s (jitalit vine; conditions of <rj ft-s while acquilling Ihemselves like men. This prohibit ion nf n compulsory financial subscription being levied is (he weak point in the Squire of iMkibo' .s scheme, lor it. means that where a municipality itself is not financially strong the average of the hooks o| the Institution must fall a few years aller Ihe first buying in. It is to be hoped most sincerely that in their own interests the patrons of the Levin Carnegie Ifhrary—- and especially those amongst them who are not ratepayers of Levin TJorough—will respond to the invitation Hint has been made. In this w,ny the library may be kept abreast of the best tide..-, <>| modern literature, provided the proper degree of guidance is availed of' in respect of selections.