The Open Shelf: Memorial Number1918 - 24 pages |
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Page 24 - And only the Master shall praise us. and only the Master shall blame: And no one shall work for money. and no one shall work for fame. But each for the joy of the working. and each. in his separate star. Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They Are!
Page 24 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 14 - ... every problem and in any crisis; but underlying these qualities was the tenacious will, which halted at no obstacle until the goal was compassed. A vital, constructive personality, royally democratic, has passed from among us. In the fullness of years, yet with vigor undiminished and vision undimmed, he went out in the full tide of action. Be it therefore Resolved, That the sense of our irreparable loss in counsel and in action be recorded in the minutes of this committee, and that, as a fitting...
Page 13 - ... the newest and, to him, the most deeply significant development of that profession to which he had already devoted a lifetime. From the beginning of the war, and long before our entrance into the world conflict, he was vitally concerned as to its issues. He entertained no hesitations and no doubts as to the course which we should pursue as a nation. His fighting spirit as expressed In his own field, whether by good generalship, by fine sense of relationships, or in generous rivalry of service,...
Page 13 - Library idea throughout the country. He ought to be ranked as one of America's great educators as well as one of Cleveland's most useful citizens. His death will not stop the great work with which he was associated, either at home or abroad. As Secretary of War, I am glad to be able to express my appreciation of the splendid contribution which Mr Brett made to the soldiers in France and at home. His work is a part of theirs, and altogether it represents the best that America has yet done for the...
Page 13 - ... to members in typewritten form. The following memorial minute was read and unanimously adopted by a rising vote: WILLIAM HOWARD BRETT In the death of William Howard Brett, the library profession has lost a great leader and the War Service Committee of the American Library Association an ardent and untiring member. He was a pioneer of the social and democratic spirit in a new field of educational and community service — the public library — and" his contributions in almost every line of endeavor...
Page 14 - News, and extended its work as a book distributing station to over thirty camps in the vicinity. A cherished dream of his, unfulfilled because of the tragic accident of his death, was to work in France among the soldiers in the furlough region of the American Expeditionary Forces.
Page 13 - ... George B. Utley, executive secretary, and Florence A. Huxley, by invitation, as representative of RR Bowker. Minutes of meeting of July 3, 1918, were approved as sent to members in typewritten form. The following memorial minute was read and unanimously adopted by a rising vote: WILLIAM HOWARD BRETT In the death of William Howard Brett, the library profession has lost a great leader and the War Service Committee of the American Library Association an ardent and untiring member.
Page 13 - ... have been significant and epoch-making. He introduced cumulative indexing and proved it practicable, and triumphantly justified his early faith in the open-shelf system: conceived upon the broadest scope, library and school cooperation; developed the branch library system; fostered library Instruction; built into library architecture the principle of response to both community and administrative needs; in library legislation he was a recognized authority. Through the Cleveland Public Library's...