A city is certainly to be envied that can boast of a good public library. Though not of such imposing appearance as the libraries of some cities, Wisconsin Rapids can justly be proud of the T. B. Scott Library for its work reaches all ages and all occupations. The student, the teacher, the club member, the business man, or the industrial worker can each find a store of valuable information, while its children’ books and large supply of fiction, help wonderfully in acquiring the reading habit, developing a taste for good reading, and passing away many an otherwise idle hour.

But it is not the city alone that benefits by the T. B. Scott Library. The villages situated near Wisconsin Rapid can make almost as much use of the library as the city itself. Many people from the smaller villages do a great deal of their trading, or transact other business in the city and while waiting for train, bus, or street car can profitably spend a little time at the library, taking books with them to read at home.

The schools in the country have been some of the most progressive in regard to the Wisconsin Rapids Circle work. The school libraries are but poorly equipped to do this work as the supply of books that they receive each year is very limited. So the teachers, especially in the adjacent villages can stimulate greater interest and get better results from the reading circle work by drawing ten books from the library at a time, keeping them for four weeks, and lending them to the pupils, thus helping the work of the library and creating a better taste for reading in the pupils.

The young people who have already left school and the parents are not forgotten in the work. Large boxes of books from the Witter Traveling Library can be secured by anyone who is willing to sacrifice some of his time for the benefit of the community. These books can be given out to the people at some general meeting place such as a store, a post office, a schoolhouse, or community hall. In this way every village can have its own library.

The villages that are as well situated as Biron, Port Edwards and Rudolph can indeed be proud that the have the T. B. Scott Library so near at hand. Some of these villages have been taking advantage of the opportunities offered and have been getting splendid results. As this work continues and broadens out, it is to hope that a library will find its way to every community.

Taken from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune dated Thursday, February 24, 1921