Letters April 17, 1909 Issue

LETTERS TO OUR LEADER

with contributions from Clara P. Wales, L. S. Channell, Marie Fricke, Sofia Meger, Rud. Lindemann, Wilhelm Rademacher, Board of Directors, R. T. Rogers

Indianapolis, Ind., April 5, 1909. Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, Brookline, Mass.

Dear Mrs. Eddy:—From time to time I have been the committee selected by the Reading Room of First Church of this city to place its various gifts of different copies of your works, as well as subscriptions for the Christian Science Sentinel and Journal, in the city, county, and state libraries of our city. I have been treated with great courtesy by the different librarians and, as the public demand for Christian Science literature has increased, they have on several occasions asked for more copies of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" with which to meet this demand. Upon several occasions when the libraians have contemplated the purchase of books recommended for the library, I have been consulted as to the genuine worth of the book in question and whether it would be of use to the public in helping it to learn what Christian Science is.

But in no instance have we felt so much cause for gratitude as upon the occasion of my visit to the city library to ask if The Christian Science Monitor would be received. I found the librarian already familiar with this paper, having looked over the sample copies sent out by our Publishing Society. She was enthusiastic over its reading-matter and high ideals, and said it would be gratefully received in the city library, where it would fill a long-felt want. She then explained that seventh and eighth grade pupils of the public schools, as well as first and second year high school pupils, are required to be prepared in the giving of "current events," and that this demand of the schools has caused much friction between teachers and parents, as many parents have flatly refused to allow their children to read the daily newspapers, claiming that so much of the ordinary newspaper is unfit for the child mind. She added that the library attendants will now be instructed to give the Monitor to any child coming to the library who asks for a daily newspaper. She also said that the school reference assistant, who is sent out from the library to visit each school and help both teachers and pupils in learning to use the various books of reference at the library, will now be instructed to mention The Christian Science Monitor, and explain its nature, that teachers, pupils, and parents may as quickly as possible know of its existence.

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