Institute on War and Post War Issues and Tenth Annual Meeting of the Delaware Library Association

              INSTITUTE ON WAR
AND POST WAR ISSUES
and
TENTH ANNUAL MEETING
of
THE DELAWARE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
MAY 1, 1943
at
THE WILM,I NGTON INSTITUTE FREE LIBRARY
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SATURDAY, MAY 1
Discussion Leader, DR. EMERY W. BALDUF, Head of School
and College Section, Office of War Information, Wash­ington,
D. C.
FIRST SESSION
10:00 A.M. Libraries and the War: A Statement of Library
Policy Adopted by the Council of the American
Library Association.
MR. HARLAND A. CARPENTER, State Coordinator
of Local Institutes on War and Post War Issues,
Librarian, Wilmington Institute Free Library,
Wilmington, Delaware.
10:15 A.M. Major National War and Post War Issues.
MR. CLARENCE A. FULMER, Principal, Wilming­ton
High School, Wilmington, Delaware.
10:45 A.M. Panel Discussion:
How community organizations are helping
the citizen to meet social, political and
economic problems which he faces today, .
How can libraries aid them?
General Community Organizations:
MRS. J. MORTON BAXTER, President, New
Century Club, Wilmington, Delaware.
Social Welfare:
MR. RALPH L. MINKER, Superintendent,
Ferris Industrial School, Wilmington, Dela­ware.
Labor:
MR. WARREN D. WALKER, Supervisor of Pay­rolls,
Pusey and Jones Corporation, Wilming­ton,
Delaware.
Education:
DR. WILLIAM H. LEMMEL, Superintendent of
Schools, Wilmington, Delaware.
11 :30 A.M. Open Discussion from the Floor.
12 :00 M. Annual Meeting, Delaware Library Association.
MISS MARJORIE E. BURNS, President, Presiding.
12:30 to 2:00 P.M. Lunch.
SECOND SESSION
2:00 P.M. Summary of First Session by DR. BALDUF.
2:15 P.M. Panel Discussion:
What libraries and librarians can do to
stimulate community reading, study and
discussion on vital current issues.
MISS HANNAH SEVERNS, Librarian, Free Li­brary,
Moorestown, N. J.
MRS. MARGARET Ross, Supervisor of Libraries
and Visual Education, Board of Education,
Wilmington, Delaware.
MRS. B. W. HAMMOND, Librarian, State Library
Commission, Dover, Delaware.
MR. W. D. LEWIS, Librarian , Memorial Library,
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.
3 :00 P.M. Open discussion from floor.
3 :45 P.M. Summary of Second Session by DR. BALDUF.
4:00 P.M. Adjournment.
EXHIBIT
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INSTITUTE COMMITTEE
MARJORIE E. BURNS, Librarian, P. S. duPont High School,
Wilmington, Delaware.
MRS. BERNICE W. HAMMOND, Librarian, State Library Com­mission,
Dover, Delaware.
NELLIE MORTON, Librarian, New Castle County Free Library,
Wilmington, Delaware.
MRS.. GEORGE W. RIGBY, 2nd Vice-President, Young Women's
Christian Association, Wilmington, Delaware.
MRS. MARGARET Ross, Supervisor of Libraries and Visual
Education, Board of Education, Wilmington, Delaware.
M. EDITH SIMPSON, Librarian, Public Library, Milford, Dela­ware.
JEANNETTE THOROUGHGOOD, Assistant, duPont Experimental
Station Library, Wilmington, Delaware.
HARLAND A. CARPENTER, Librarian, Wilmington Institute
Free Library, Wilmington, Delaware.
OFFICERS
DELAWARE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
President:
MARJORIE E. BURNS, Librarian, P. S. duPont High School,
Wilmington, Delaware.
First Vice-Presiden t:
HARLAND A. CARPENTER, Librarian, Wilmington Institute
Free Library, Wilmington, Delaware.
Second Vice-President: .
M. EDITH SIMPSON, Librarian, Public ~ibrary, Milford,
Delaware.
Secretary-Treasurer:
JEANNETTE THOROUGHGOOD, Assistant, duPont Experi­mental
Station Library, Wilmington, Delaware.