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C I Parents' Books
7 On Display
Final dlaplaya for Book Week, !
which close a SaturdAY al. the Cor-
net I (City) Library were Arranged
lodoY by Librarlan Bolen Ludlow
ns the last groups of children
1, from public ,it parochial schools
.0 paid visit to the library.
r Continuing the omphasls which
has boon placed on reading In con-
nection with children and young'
People, a collootioa of books for
parents line boon placed In the
children', reading roam. The books
deal with child guidance and psy-
chology. i
A now addition to tho library, a I
"young people's corner," Is one of
file Innovations which Book Wool,
I"Auguraled, occupying a section
of the children's rending room, tho
corner houses books for persons of
high school Age and older, many
of the books dealing withvocnlional
guidance and t,r,orm presented In
entertaining reading form.
The corner now has approximate-
ly 200 books and pinny are being
mndo for Its expansion until It be-
comes a recognized "browsing cor-
ner" of the library.
Books which have been on
dis-play during the week may be
drawn beginning at 0 a.m. Setup -
day, Miss Ludlow announced, Li-
brary staff members are prepared
for a rush of children who have
"had their eye on soma particular
book" since their visit.
City Library
To Have
New
Quarters
The Cornell City Library will In
the near future occupy enlarged
quarters on the second floor of thel
Library Building, the trustees an -
flounced today.
The board has authorized file re-
novating and remodeling of Li-
brary Hall, better known as the
Happy Hour Theater, for the use
of the library.
Improvements will include a new -
hardwood floor, replastering, point-
Ing, decorating, modem lighting
fixtures, additional - library furni-.
lure, a large addition to shelf space
and the rearrangement of the Is-
brarIan's cloak to provide for Im-
proved supervision. It is hoped
that a reading-roon) for children
will be one of the features of the
enlarged quarters.
The proscenlum arch and stage
opening Of file old theater will be
sealed and used as a background
for the Portralt of Ezra Cornell,
founder of the library, which has
hung in obscure Parts of the li-
brary for years.
Plans and specifications far the
Proposed changes have been pro-
Pared by Architect Henry C.
Thorne.
The project will be underwrltter.
by funds borrowed from the rare
strlcted endowment dl the library,
The fund will he repaid by rr_ star
annual payments taken ft,,,, in -
Creased rents received from ,eeu-
pang of the Library Bulldlnc dur-,
Ing the next seven
Kin of Ithacan Buried Son
Of I'ainous Indian Captive
Two recant publlcatlons wry loll I was vlolonnvy, Ilnr argument were
Are found In tho. Cornull (City) Inn ftnelunl, and affordod fin ,Ilevl-
Llbrn y fire not only most inter- al -Ion to hug menlnl mu
Rerings.
eating and In,tracu Ve In them- From his Meter'& he wont to his
delves as de,letl,g pioneer life In own house, where he stayed only
Central Now York State In early Iwo nlghts, and then went to ,
days; but especially so since ono Squawky Rut be procure money i
In written by a
member of a slain- with which to purchase floor for
IIY wall Itnown In the Town of Dry- the use of his family,
den, where the family once lived, (2uaerel Ends To Deanr
And the further fact urt both While at Squawky booke mention the Indian captive q y I-I111 be got
while girl, Diary Jamison, known, the company of two 9quawliy
"The Hill India".,, (Ilwre Mary Jemlwan While Women of ills
Gonesee". She Ives a near neigh- recount the quarrel and light
bor and frland of Benjamin Luther, well lch,roeulted In the death of her
formerly a resident of Tompkins son.) Conti n sung the narrative,
County, In the Town of Groton, she rc)died: 'Next morning Esq,
before his removal to the Genesee Claim eont me word that John was
l Valley, where he continued hid dead, And also Informed me of the
minlstarlal lahon. I means by which hie life was talren_
Possibly, Benjamin Luther was A number of people went from
the only Tompkins county resident; Gardow to where the body lay, And
who was so signally hanm ed, for Doct Levi Brundrldge brought
Mary Jo nhain was a most remark- It up home, where the funeral was
able woman, who survived the attended after the Mannar of the
trials And tribulations of 70 years' white people. Mr, Benjamin Luth-
of captivity, and loft to honor her ar, and Dfr, WIIDam Wiles preached
memory the most Interesting nor- a sermon And performed the tuner -
relive over written of her day and A services; And myself and family
QaAerntloa. Dletan cos are as nolh- followed the corpse to the grave as
Ing today, but who, Mary Jennison mourners:'
And Benjamin Luther inhabited the Ae though to bring this Interest-
; Genesno Valley with their families, Ing historical event in the life of
communication and travel between Mary Jamison quite close to home,
the Gonesce and the reglon cast of Benjan In Luther has several rela-
Cayuga Inure were so meagre and dives residing In Toraphins county,
difficult that not one In a hundred The direct Luther ancestor of Lee -
ever toade the Journey between the Ile L, Luther, who reBldcs on E.
two regions. State St., Ithaca, was an own
Son Riled by Indiana brother of the Benjamin Luther
When the eon of Df o[ whom we write and he 14 was
was dragged from hlishorse lab° who told w tills most engaging
enemyY story of pioneer days In central
Indians, " he Journeyed Now York Slate.
toward his home, and killed, Mary
JemlBan "lied that Benjamin I•YMAN IL GALLAGHER.
Luther, -her white friend and j
neighbor, take charge of the funer-
al services for her slain son, and
Iva have In her own words that
trying ordeal through which she
was compelled to pass, And her
Library tills Make
Defense Exhibits
The .Corn ell (City' Llbrmy As_
wn�lntlan Is can of the 1,200 llbearles
In the United Stales, chosen by the
American Library Aemclation to
exhibit material from War Infor-
motion Centers.
A new collection of raatorled de-
voted to a selected pbsse Af na-
itonal defense will he assembled
each month. The careen[ exhibit
consists of 23 publications In
Danophl°t form on the armed forces
and civilian participation In the
war. A variety of subject truth m
taxes, bonds, funcllon, and organ-
izatlone of the department of the
Office of Emergency Managearelit,
the Navy and ship production, the
Army, Coast Guard, U. S. Defense -
Corps, soldlere' handbook, train_
Inz for volunteer nurses' aides,
elvllisn morale service, and allied
[epics are on exhibit.
The pamphlet may be borrowed
from the library or may be pur-
chased from the superintendent of
datument In Washington
The library will welcome sugges-
tions concerning the displays, and
thtse will be forwarded to the
Executive Office of the President
In Washington. The suggeatioas
and opinions of readers will sere
.a a guide for future selections
of subject_
Books relating to the current dis-
play which have recently been add-
ed to the library include: -rho
Philippines." by J. R. Hayden;
"Modern Democracy,^ by Prof. Carl
L. Becker of Cornell; "Public Opin-
Ion In Democracy;" by C. W. Smith,
and "That Day Aloes," by P, Van
Paassen-
acknowledgment of the consolatlon
"--- --
which bus presence and words at
her
Librarians
to Meet
�a list of available referees,
Bon's funeral brought to her
mind. BenJamin Luther might
have
To Plan Group
throughout Libraries of the county,
excluding
refused this act of kindness
the university library, on
with some degree of justice, for
local history
o ry and genealogy,
the Indians had their own funeral.
ritual, but Luther
Librarians of Tompkins County
Those Present at the mdeHagi
were Alias
acted to "Ssue a
the sorrow of this bereaved mother
met Wednesday at the Corns❑
Elizabeth Cady of the:
Southworth Librarlan Assoelatlo no
as though she were bla own.
(City) Library to discuss plans for
Dryden; bfre. Agnes Hamnton
Mary Jemison's account of the
the further organization of a
of
the Groton Public Library; VM
Ideath of her son, John, And the
funeral presided over by Benjamin
llbrariana' group. Under the leader-'
Buena Weatherell of the Newfleld
Public
Luther, her friend and neighbor,
ship of Miss Helen Ludlow, llbra-
Library, and Miss Ludlow•
1
follows:
"Dry
rian of the Cornell Library and
son John was a doctor, cone
elderably celebrated
were
riong
amongst the
Indiana of various trlbea for his I
made for the adrn tancea of
more members.
skill in curing their dlse"es by the
administration
The librarians are now compiling
of roots Send h I
i
which be erbg,
[ theforests
rhad
And
been
other placeswhere
planted by
I
ture.
the hand of na-
In
the month of April, or first
Of May,
to go
1817, be was called upon
to Buffalo, C°ttaraugus and 1
Allegany to cure Boma who wero
sick He
about
went and nag absent
two months. When he re-
turned,
he observed the great slide�
Of the
bank of the Genessec river
abort distance above my housea
-HOURS
which bad taken place during Ill hie
LIBRARY
absence, and conceiving that Or- I
to be ominous of big
own death, called
Open 9 a_ m. to 9
'cumstances
at bts Illster'g
1N�n�iatol he,that be shoulpt dI
p, M.
Dail) Except Sunday
y
terly at the
near pproacb of his
dissolution. Nancy endeavored to
Wldes r
D lad confusion and the
persuade him t hat his trouble was
imnginarj•,
resultant telephone calls concern-
and that he ought not
to be affected
thS the opening and closing boon
by • a fancy which .
at the Cornea lCltyl Library
- - r
Prompted an anno
The Oakdale pit, used for vears
as a source of gravel by area can-
t tractors, cover a quarter -acre and
Ile reputed to be 20 feet deep in
o� a S t flee,, used at ulnea
n(sSnd
4t I ales )ot ,l.... _ in the recover^'
aided whit boys body, ordered
the v0late gravel bed drained of
several feet of wat;se ►ndtbDrlae
myts fed by seep
romid in
r 6trM1l:ar��sti�i nyWas
a�yaaanl are"
uncement to-
day from Librarlan Ifelen Lud-
IOtc.
.'llthough the Ilbrary assumed a
summer schedule durtur July and
Aught it resumed Its reiruiar one
On Sept. 1. and Is now open from
9 'L m- to 9 p m_ dally except
y- The Library is not closed
at any time between the hours
mentioned, Miss Ludlow empha-
sized.
Library Exhibits
Prize Photos
a.l
An exhibition of prints repro-
duced In the American Annual of
Photography for 1942 has been on
display at the Cornell City Library
for the Past week, There we M
prints with entries from all parts
of the world, the nearest being
A• M. Lnderwood'a ,May Bouquet"
fr3m Rochester, and the farthest
distant represented by Lo Tak-
Cho, s "Summer Morning" tram
Hong Kong, China.
This exhibit is sponsored by ula
tilled Camera Club and wt$ m
main Is town through TutilIRl,