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uni«list)I OI iMM mil I 1»-I I: i ' ”• Ilie libra ry run hi' cuiiMdnml.ihiyur Scholl - Mj plan would ho to take strps id increase ihlt;* funds \v«* now/1,'lt; j havr on hand by popular subscriptions (j smd by sin appropriation by tin* oily. oi j borrowlt;*lt;] money il nceessary, until in*I should have in the rn*i.^lil)«»rh:kkI of *10,-OOd. Willi this sum wc could erect a substantial city building, with the olliccs! of I lie municipal oiticials on tin* lirsl lioor. ■ mi tin* library on t ho second. anil rooms 11 ml ]! 'll could bo mi tod to lawyers and others on tiio Hurd floor, and wo would still haw ' 111Tlilt;IU' I • U • ' * Penough inoiioy loft Id buy an assortment '*o..f irood bonks. Wiiioh could bo addl'd to'from timo to tiun* until wo should have . *‘La lirsl-class library. j ‘The Kov. T. F. Mahon.—To my mind _ dotthe •r.Miorous iril't of Mr. Harsh should j F'1serve as a reminder of a duty rat her, 1I than as a moans to its uccomplishment. j ■ The absence of a public library in our j l‘111WtM.lud!$:itva-ihnudst is the paradox of our pro-rossivo ( P'« spirit. A public library is u public ;lS; need. Without it, to all save the favored b few who hoast a lair collection of clasdc ,ot authors, the seed of early traininjr in school or colleire, is cast on barren soil. Several attempts have been made to unie ihis need upon our people, and. despite all elldrts the subject seemed for-irotlen. Thank.s'to this practical reminder of Mr. Harsh, the subject is a«:iiu forced upon the attention of our people. The surest ion has been offered that as the amount left for the purpose is inadequate, it be placed at interest, a pubiie subscription be taken up * or we bide our time until another public j benefactor arises in our midst. Toj‘ place thejmoney out at interest is lode-.M prive I be present p.nerul ion, which needs it most, of the benclil intended: to depend u|uin n. subscription, is toa.sk a IVw to procure by sacrifice a beiietil for all: Io postpone Mu* mullur in anlicipa.-lion of another »ift. is to drop H mdeti-nitely. There is only one plan that an etdu'hlened palriolism can stiy-rest. e\ m in these hard times, I.ei the city erect h il lotlif needed city hall in Some portion of our pretty park. Such ubuildinjr.il' properh arraiip'd. will ifiw ample space j ami accommodation lor a firs! class j library. For the credit ol the cilya | public Innlditnr is necessar\ tmd if il wen not. 1 he city should supply the deticieiicv lor the 111)ran . This we do to educate mir youmr wiiy not d*« as much to educate both yonmr and old. aiul thus open the way to a better rili/.enship and ;i hi^lier ci\ ili /n M**n.lVMh a lt;»Ja
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Massillon Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Mon, May 24, 1897
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