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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

hence the Sunday-school hbrary must be
a graded library. Such material as it has is
kept for a specific purpose ; irrelevant matter
has no place on its shelves.
The Sunday-school hbrary has not only
story books for the young, but also illustrative
material in the form of models, maps and pic-
tures to make the Bible study and other parts
of the cmTiculum real and vivid. It gener-
ally has also a fair collection of missionary
literature and of the better religious works,
a selected list of books on the art of teaching
and on educational psychology, copies of
local and other rehgious papers and such
Smiday-school magazines as are needed.
Questions relating to rehgious music, to
preparations of programs for specific occa-
sions, such as Easter, Christmas, holy days or
occasions of significance in the history and
development of religion, to home reading
either of children or gi'o\\Ti persons may come
to it, and the librarian must be prepared to
give competent advice and assistance. Since
Sunday-school libraries are designed to serve
teachers as well as students, whether grown
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