TE KUITI LIBRARY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 116, 17 December 1908, Page 2

TE KUITI LIBRARY.

The members of the committee set up to draft a scheme for erecting a suitable library building- at Te Kuiti are to be congratulated on the result of their efforts, and it is devoutly to be hoped the public at large will manifest sufficient interest in the project to at least lend their support to Hie extent of becoming debenture holders. The scheme is an eminently practical one from both a social and iinaneiai point of view, and by distributnig the responsibility throughout the com- ; munity by means of: small debentures, | the committee is adopting the surest ! plan of arousing and maintaining Ihe interest and sympathy of all. Thaisuch interest and material sympathy will be granted ungrudgingly by all | who possess a true estimate of the benefits derivable from a properly esablished public library, here can be little doubt. As an educational force, and as a medium of real enjoyment and recreation, the library holds an unrivalled position, and our residents will be guilty of a grave misconception of public duty if they neglect ihe opportunity of furthering the scheme to the utmost. It is readily recognised that in a young and growing centre there are many demands on the inhabitants. Still, unless we would fall behind in the march of progress and education, and be content to live solely for the passing hour, we must devote both interest and material aid to certain projects for the common good, and the future welfare of the people as a whole. Among the essentials in any community the public library occupies a foremost position. From the ordinary book there is always something to be learned, and the education which is begun with the school course, is naturally carried on with the assistance of a decent library to which all may have access. However, it is needless to enlarge- on such a phase of the question which is so widely recognised that to emphasise it is unnecessary. We have evenconfidence that the residents will respond to the call and manifest sufficient interest to- make the task of the committee a nominal one.