Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1916 — REMINGTON LIBRARY MODEL OF NEATNESS [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON LIBRARY MODEL OF NEATNESS

Republican Editor Visits New Building and Pronounces It Excellent In All Particulars. The editor of The Republican paid a visit to Reming-ton Thursday afternoon and visited the new Carnegie library which was just dedicated on Memorial Day. Miss Mollie Shearer, the librarian, was in charge and .very kindly showed us through the building and gave us some facts that will prove of interest to readers. The arrangement i>f the library floor is convenient and conducive to tJhe best results. There are Oiree distinct sections of the main room, the juvenile being on the right, where the children’s books and reading tables are located; the classics section in the rear and the adult Section at the left, which is also provided with reading tables. There are two small rooms cornered off of the main room, one for a magazine and reference room and the other for the librarian’s work room. The lighting is the indirect system and seems entirely adequate. In the basement is a fine assembly hall, with opera seats for 190 and the seating capacity can be increased to some extent by the use of chains. room was crowded on the evening of the dedication. A stage of sufficient proportions for lecture and entertainment purposes is at the north end of the building. There are two outside entrances to the basement, one at the rear of the stage and-the other at the opposite end of the assembly. Another inside entrance to the rear of the stage, the toilets and the engine room is provided. There are at present 2,670 books in the library, 40 having been donated on the day of dedication. The building is located on Ohio street at the city’s center and is architecturally and from every standpoint a splendid thing for Remington and is one of the best arranged and most attractive libraries, inside and out, we have ever seen.