University of Texas Bulletin No. 1766: November 25, 1917 THE EXTENSION LOAN LIBRARY AND LIST OF FREE BULLETINS By LENOIR DIMMITT Extension Loan Librarian --------:::::::::...:..:::::;---­ L-----==---=---==--~-~-------­ Published by the University six times a month and entered al! second-class matter at the postomce at AUSTIN, TEXAS B197-218-5m University.of Texas Bulletin No. 1766: November 25, 1917 THE _EX'(ENSION LOAN LIBRARY 4ND LIST.OF FREE BULLETINS By. LENOIB DIMMITT Extension Loan Librarian Publ11hed by the University six times a month and· entered aa aec.ond-claea matter at the postomce at AUSTIN, TEXAS . The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally d.JJfused through a community, are essentl"l to the preservation of a free govern· inent. ' · Sain Houston Cultivated IDind is the guardian genius of democracy.••• It is the only 'dictator that free~en acknowl­edge and the only security that free­men desire. . Mirabeau B. Lamar THE EXTENSION LOAN LIBRARY Purpose The Extension Loan Library of the University of Texas is organized for the purpose of collecting package libraries of· material on importaht present-day questions and loaning them ' ' to people in 1111 parts of ,the State. Texas has scarcely more than fifty public libraries for her four and a half million people. For this reason it was very difficult for debating societies, clubs, teachers, and other organizations and individuals to obtain material for the study and discussion of topics of cur-' rent interest befor,e the establishment of the Extension Loan Library. -Package ·libraries are loane~ to any citizen of th~ State, the only cost to the borrower being the payment of the postage both ways. Package Libraries: What They Are A package library is a collection of material, all on_the same subject, consisting of articles clipped from current periodicals, and of pamphlets, aadresses and reports printed by educational institutions, state and national Jrganizations, and state and federal bureaus. For instance, a package library recently made -· on Military Training in Schools contains fourteen pieces. Two are .articles clipped from recent magazines; one is a collection of clippings from newspapers; three wre bulletins from the United States Bureau of Education, the National :Education Association, and the Indiana University; ohe is a clipping from a Congressional R ecord; one is a report of the Commission on Military Training in High Schools in New Jersey; the rest are pamphlets by the AmeriC'an Peace Society, the Universal Mili­tary Training Leagu~, the Women's Peace Party, and the Na­tional Security League. In this, as in all package libraries on debatable'subjects, there is :abotit an equal number of articles on both sides of the_question. In addition to a number of libraries similar. to this one on subjects suitable·for debate, there are many prepared on topics UniV"er&ity of Texas Bulletin suitable for club discussion, themes, addresses and individual study. ;The material in them could be secured by individuals only after a long search, even if they had access to good public or school libraries. · The Extension Loan Library has 'packagQ . libraries made up on mme'than aoO subjects.' LIST OF SU.BJECTS ON w:moH PACKAGE LIBRARIES QAN BE SUPPLIED (Other subjects are con~tantly being added) An asterisk before a subject indicates that it is suitable for debate. Ability Tests for Childi:ea Academic Freedom Accidents, Industrial Accounting Actors ·and Actresses Adamson Act Advertising Agricultura.l Clubs (for Boys ~d Girls) • Agricultural Credit Agrlculttiral ·Education Agricultural Pests Agriculture, ·Cooperative Agriculture, Economjc Aspects .Agrfoulture, War ' Measures Alaska Alcohol Alfalfa Alsace-Lorraine American Poetry Animal Parasl'tes • Arbitration, Industrial Architecture, Domestic Argentin~ , Arithmetic, Study and Teaching • Armed Merchant Ships Armies, ·u. S. Art, American Art, Etiropean Art, Study and Teaching Ai;t and the War Arts and Crafts Automobiles Aviation Balkan States Banks and Banking Barrie, Sir .Tames M. Bees Belgium Biography, Texas Birds, Protection ·of Books and Reading Boy Problem Boy S'couts Brazil Bread Browning, Robert Budget; Household *Budget, National Burris, Robert Cabinet. U. S. Camouflage Campfire Girls Canning and Preserving Canning Olubs Capital and Labor • Capital Punishment • censorship Centra~ America Child Labor Chile China Christmas Ciga,_rettes Citizenship *City Manager Plan City Planning Civic Organizations· • _Civil ,Serv,lce. Classical Education Clean-up Day Olothtng and Dres.s Co-education College Women Colleges and Universities • Commission-Manager Plan· Loan Library and Free Bulletins • Compulsory Educatl9n • conscription Conservation of .Resources Constitution, ,U. S. Contagion an1l Oontaglous Diseases Cookery ·co-operative Stores • corporal Punishment Cost of Living • Cotton Country Church Oountry Life County Libraries Courtesy Crime and Criminals Cuba. Dairying Debating De Morgan, William Dependent Children Diplomacy • Direct Primaries • Divorce , Domestic Animals Domestic Science as a Fine .Art Domestic Science in Schools Drama., American · Drama., European Drug Habit Edison, Thomas A. Education Education, E1Tect of Wa.r Educatk>n, Elementary Education, Secondary Efficiency • Elght-l.lour Law, Railroad Electricity in the Home • Embargo Employment Agencies England, Parliament England (Present) English, S'tudy and Teaching Entertaining Eugenics European War, Aerial Operations European War, American Partici­ pation · European War, Atrocities European War, Causes Eul'Opean' War, Commercial and ·Financial Aspects. European War, Leader.a European War, Relief Work European War; Results Evenlnjt and Continuation Sol:µools Feeble~Mlnded .Fi~lon, American Fiction, Eur9pean Flags Flies Flowers Folklore Food Adulteration Food Chemistry Food Conservation Food Supply ' Forests ·and Forestry Franc~ ,.(Present) • Free Tti.de and Protection Friendship Fruit Culture Furniture Games (School) Gary System Geography, Study and Teaching Germany, GoverRment Germany (Present) Girls' Clubs Government, Na.tional and State • Government Control of Industries • Government Control of Railroads • Government Ownership ·of Railroads • Government.Ownership of Tele­ graphs arid Telephones Greenhouses and·Cold Frames Hallowe'en Harbors Henry, 0 .. High School Libraries History, Study and Teaching *Homestead Law (Texas) Honor S'ystem Hours of Labor House Decoration Howells, W. D. Hygiene Illiteracy Immigrants in United States •Immigration, Literacy Test Ind!ans Imlustrlal Education · Industries Inventions Infants, Care and Hygiene • Initiative and Referendum I11signla, Milltuy Ireland james, Henry japan • j apQ.nese In U. S. jews journalism junior Higl'l Schools • justice, Administration of juvenile Courts juvenile '.Delfll,quency . Kinder811Lrten Latin, S~udy and Teachlug . University of Texas Builetin Latin Amerlca •League to Enforce Peace .Libraries, Public ·< Literature and the War . Lloyd-George Lynching Mathematics, Study and Teaching • Mexico • Military Training, Univers~,, • Military Training in Schools·· *Mill Tax • Minimum Wage Mines and Minerals • Monroe Doctrine Montessori Method Mothers Mothers' Pensions Moving Pictures Moving Plctures,\ Cens.orshlp Moving Pictures, Educational Aspect Music Negroes, Education Noyes, Alfred I • Old Age Pensions • Open and Closed Shop Opera Oral English Pageants Panama Oanal Parcel Post .Parent-Teacher Associations Peace Peanuts Pellagra Pershing, General J, J. Peru *Ph!l!ppine Islands Physical Education Playgrounds Poe. Edgar A. , Preventable Diseases Prison Reform *Prohibition Public Health Rats Reading, S'tudy and Teaching • Recall (Judges) ' • Recall (Judic\al Decisions) Red Cross· 'Religious Education Religion (Evangelism) Riley, J. W. Roads Romanticism Rural Schools Russia (Present) Russian Literature Salesmen and Salesmanship School Athletics School Buildings •school Consolidation School Credits School Entertainments S'chool Exhibits School Fraternities School Funds. School Gardens School Hygiene School Libraries S'chool Literary Societies School Lunches S'chool Music , Schoolhouses as Social Centers Seat Work Servants Sexual Hygiene Shakespeare, William Shaw, Bernard Shipbuilding Shippini; . *Short Ballot S'hort Story SIH1 Indus try • Singl(i Tax • Six-Year Presil:tential Term Smith-Lever ·Law -Social Work Socialism Soils Songs, National Songs, Popular South, The S'pain (Present) Spelling, Study and Teaching Spies Story-Telling • strikes S'tudy, Sµpervision of Submarhte Warfare S'witzerland • Tarll'! • Taxation Teachers' Homes Teaching • Tenancy Texas, Description • Texas, l)ivision of Texas, Education T.exas, Hlst9ry Texas, Politics and Government Texas, Resources Textbooks. · Thanksgiving Theater Thrift • Trade Unions • Trusts Loan Library and Free Bulletins Tuberculosis "\ya.r Services (Schools) Turkey (Present) Water Supply Typhoid Fever Wilson, Woodrow •Unemployment Woman (Business, Feminism, His­Vegetable Gardening tory, Industry, Legal Position, Vers Libre Professions, Relation to War) Vivisection •Woman Suffrage Vocational Guidance Women's Clubs • Wages Y. M. C. A. War Y. W. C. A. • war Finance Rules for Borrowers 1. Libraries are loaned for two weeks. Upon request, the borrower may renew his library for two weeks if it is not _in great demand. On the ~ther hand, he may sometimes be asked to share it with·another applicant from his town. 2. The borrower pays the postage both ways. The postage should be refunded as soon as the lib.racy is received. Do not endosie it .in the package when it is 1'eturned, for in that way it is easily overlooked or lost. Wrap the stamps in oiled paper, as we cannot accept them when they come to us unfit for use. 3. Only two libraries will be sent to one borrower at the same time. An exception to this rule will be made for libra­rians and school superintendents and pirincipaJs, if they state that they are asking for the libraries for their patrons or pupils. However, they should not ask for more tha~ two libraries for one person. 4. Debating material must be borrowed by the teacher or by the president or secretary of the debating society. Two· libraries on a subject are sufficient to supply the several mem­bers of a team. • 5. Check the material recdved 'carefully, and see that all the articles are returned at the specified time. A fine of ten. cents is charged for every article lost. Persons who persist­ently ignore the needs of.others by keeping libraries over-ti~e' will be refused further use of the Library. 6. Do not enclose notes, letters, etc., in the libraries. It makes them subject to letter rates. 7. Material must not be marked, rolled, folded, or otherwise injured. In returning, wrap the package securely and write your name anq address on it. Address to the EXTENSION LOAN LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF , TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS. B University of Texas Bulletin I , Books from the Main Unive1'9.ity Library The Extension Loan Library does not attempt 'to supply package libraries on subjects o.f historical, technical, or literary :-character upon :which more comprehensive informatiOn m'ay be .obtained from books. We are sometimes able to meet such demands, however, by borro'V\'.ing from the University Library~ Before we can borrow these books for our patrons, they must fulfill one of the three following conditions : ' 1. Send the request through the principal or superintendent of the school. 2. Send the request through the librarian of the public library of their town. 3. Make a deposit· of :five dollars with the auditor of the University, which covers the entire term of usage, even though it extends over several years. The entire five dollars, minus fines, is returned to the borrower when he no longer desires library privileges. ·. If one of the first two methods of obtaining books is used, the person w,riting for the book and assuming the responsibility . for it should add his official title after his name .. · Otherwise, ·we :mlght not know that he is a librarian, principal, or super­intendent. The rules in regard to University Library books are the same as those for package libraries. They are subject to recall if they are neeGl~d for University wor'k. LIST OF . FREE BULLETINS ·(Prices mentioned for certain bulletins are for out-of-state ~esidenta.) No. Name of Bulletin Date 284 Intercollegiate Debates on Old Age Insurance, Banking and Currency Reform, 15 cents . . ... . 191Q 306 Simple Cooking of Wholesome Food for the Farm Home ..........................: .......... . 1913 341 Cleanliness and Health.......................'. 1914 345 The Uses of FoQds and the Proper Balancing of the Diet . ........ ... .................... . . . 1914 I Loan Library and Free Bulletins 9 No. Name of Bulletin Date. 355 Co-operation in Agrieulture, Marketing and Rural .Credit ........·........·.......: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1914 361 Nature Study and Agriculture for the Rural Schools of Texas............................ 1914 366 Nats and Their Uses as Food................... 1914 16 A Selected, Classified List of, Free Publications on Agriculture and Allied Subjects for Use in the Home and School...... : . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 1915 30 A Constitutional Tax for the Support of Higher Educational Institutions in Texas, 15 cents.... 1915 31 Wom'an Suffrage (Bibliography and Selected Ar­guments), 15 cents.......................... 1915 32 Play and AthleN.cs ...................... , . . . . . 1915 35 School Literary Societies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1915 54 Study Outlines of Carney's' "Country Life and the Country School"................. '. _. . . . . . 1915 55 Study Outlines in Home Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . -1915 59 Cov~r Crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1915 66 Poultry on the Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1915 70 Christmas Entertainments .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1915 2 Labor Saving Devices in the Farm H~me........ 1916 4 How to Conduct a Baby Health-Conference..... ." 1916 9 Valentine and Washington Birthday Celebrations 1916 16 Sftoolhouse Meet~ng: School Closing Exerc.ises. . 1916 17 The Beautification of the Home Grounds. . . . . . . . . 1916 26 The Furnishing and Decorationof the J!IIome .. ~ . . 1916 39 The Planning of Simple H~m'es....... : ...... :.. 1916 40 Study Outlines of Elizabeth Harrison's ''Child Nature" .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1916 41 Military Preparedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1916 42 What Help th& Teacher Can Get from the Uni­versity Extensfon Department...... , . . . . . . . . . 1916 47 Single Ta_x, 15 1:e:Q.ts.......................... ; 1916 48 Care and Preser~ation of Food in the Home. . . . . 1916 49 A .. Simple Cou.e in Home Economics for Rural Schools, with Slil;ggestions for the School Noon LUllch ...... , ..•. •.'. ................. -...·...,.. 1916 University of Texas Bulletin No. Name of Bulletin Date 56 Programs for Schoolhouse Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . 1916 57 The Mourning Dove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1916 62 Universal Military Training, 15 cents. . . . . . . . . . . 1916 67 A Stuily of Rural Schools m Travis County, ' Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1916 72 A Play for San Jacinto Night........ ........ . , 1916 1708 What the Baby He~th Conference Teaches . ..... 1917 1711 Pure. Milk and How to Get It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917 1716 The Principles /of Menu Making. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917 1717 School Savings Banks..... .... ......... ....... 1917 1720 Uses of the Peanut on the Home T·able......... 1917 1721 Constitution and Rules of-the University Inter­scholastic League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917 1727 Cotton Seed 1!'lour as a Human Food. . . . . . . . . . . . 1917 1729 Beginning and Developing a Rural School.. . . . . . 1917 1730 Visual Instruction Through Lantern Slides and Motion Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917 1731 Yeast Brea.d and Its Variations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1917 1738 Six Hundred Selected Words for J.unior and Senior Spelling Matches of the University Inter­scholastic. League ...... ; . .................. . 1917 1739 .How 'a Superintendent May Aid His Teachei-s in Self-Improvement .. _...................... . 1917 1740 Announcement of Correspondence Courses ..... . 1917 1744 Save the Wheat (Food Conservation Bulletin No. l) 1917 1745 Save the Sugar (Food Conservation Bulletfo No. 2) 1917 1746 Save the Meat (Food Conservation Bulletin No. 3) 1917 1747 Save the Fat (Food Conservation Bulletin No. 4) .. 1917 1748 The Bob-White .. ............................ . 1917 1765 Announcement of Extension Work for W'ar Service 1917 1766 The Extension Loan Library and List of 'Free Bulletins ·; ..-.. .........·.......·. . . . . . . . . . . . . -1917 1805 Red Cross Program for Schools...... . .......... 1918 1807 Announcement of Group-Study Courses.. . . . . . . . . 1918 1809-Lantern Slides for War Service .. ~ ............, . . 1918 Food for Infants and Growing Children. . . . . . . . . 1918 Address requests for bulletins to the·Bulletin Clerk, Depart­~ent of E;x:tension, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.