"Knowledge is power." MEANS OF EDUCATION AND SELF CULTURE OFFERED DAYWORKERS By the CITY OF BUFFALO "Every person has two educations, one which he re- ceives from* others and one, more important, which he gives himself."— GIBBON. " BUFFALO MEANS BUSINESS 1909 OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO Mayor: James Noble Adam. Comptroller: George M. Zimmerman. Superintendent of Education: Henry P. Emerson. Treasurer: Neil McEachren. Corporation Counsel: Louis E. Desbecker. Common Council: Francis T. Coppins, President. Board of Councilmen: Dr. Henry H. Bingham, President. John C. Betz. Jacob J. Siegrist. Alfred H. Burt. Charles L. Willert. Henry Adsit Bull. Wm. Burnett Wright, Jr. Wm. W. Reilley. Henry Zipp. Board of Aldermen: Wm. O. Weimar, President. Frank J. Britz. Charles F. Brooks. George J. Burley. Octave A. Bruso. Joseph Butler. John J. Collins. Francis T. Coppins. Wm. H. Crosby. Frank J. Eberle. Harry Fisher. Louis P. Fuhrman. George J. Haffa. Elmer E. Harris. John J. Kennedy. Wm. Metzler. Nicholas Niederpruem. John F. Nowak. Dr. James S. Porter. W. E. Shifferens. Fred Schmieding. Edward Sperry. Samuel Stengel. George H. Striker. John P. Sullivan. H. J. Balliett, City Clerk. 'J^ "The civilized world now recognizes the necessity of popular education. In a government of the people such as this, intelligence should be universal. In such a gov- ernment, to be ignorant is not merely to be weak, it is to be dangerous to the common welfare." — BISHOP SPALDING. The Buffalo Public Library The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences The Buffalo Historical Society The Grosvenor Library The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and Night Schools Provided by the City of Buffalo for the Free Use of all Residents Published by the Institutions Described "A complete general education fits a man to perform justly, skilfully and magnanimously all the offices of peace and war."— MILTON. ^ I ^HE means which Buffalo offers to all residents -*- for education increase as the demand is made apparent. At one time all that was thought necessary was to provide elementary schools for the children, the greater part of whom can attend them but a few years. This training teaches them to read, to write and to cipher — all else must be gained after the school period is past unless they are fortunate enough to be able tc go through a high school or are of a still smaller number who go to college. While each additional year at school is an advance on the road, yet all school training is but a start and education must continue through after years if one is to make the most of life. Those workers who have had only the elementary training, in constantly increasing numbers, are realiz- ing their handicap and are striving to remove it. The growing use of all means of "out of school" education prove this. Buffalo is giving a great deal of help to all its resi- dents who need and want knowledge to enlarge and enrich their lives by providing public libraries and night schools, and aiding the societies devoted to History, Science and Art, so that all may share their benefits. The purpose of this pamphlet is to state "The education received at- 'school and college is but a beginning . . . and is far less ours than that which we acquire by our own diligent and persevering effort." — SAMUEL SMILES. 5"%i^.|L>t^, t6Aff'09 "A man whose mind has been mostly fallow ground will not easily take to the mental plow and hoe; but when he does persevere he will find the natural law operate on his side, the law which ordains joy for the sweat of the brain as well as for the sweat of the brow." — HUGH BLACK. what this means so that all may know the resources in liooks, collections, apparatus and people provided for the education of those who cannot attend the schools. Thei'e are in Buffalo 62 grammar schools, four hig-h schools and a teachers' training' school con- ducted by the city ; a state normal school ; profes- sional schools of the University of Buffalo ; an art school ; a larg-e system of parochial schools and excellent private schools providing- for a great variety of educational need. It is the aim of the societies described in this pamphlet to supplement the work of all schools, but to emphasize the help offered to those who are educating' themselves. "The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out." — EMERSON. 3 Main Library Building Washington, Broadway, EUicott and Clinton Streets The Buffalo Public Library coutaius 250,000 volumes which are cared for by a staff of people whose work it is to make them available to those who need them. It is supported by the people of Buffalo and is maintained for the use and help of all residents, each of wdiom is entitled to its privileges — to the home use of its books and to tire help and assistance of its staff. It aims to broaden and enrich life by the best com- panionship. It aims to provide the book you need to help you in your study or work. It aims to provide the books needed in any course of reading in general literature, as well as technical books for the study of all industries and trades. It aims to advise readers as to the best books for any particular purpose and to find material in any line of research. Books are now a necessity for the study of almost every subject, as well as for general culture, and it is the purpose of the lijarary to supply them. The most able men in your line of work have put the result of their experience on record — in books. You can get many years of experience from a single book. THE LIBRARY BUILDING is near the l)u^iness center of the town and occupies the entire hlock l^ounded 1)\- Washington, Broadway, Fdlicott and dinton streets, and all activities of the Lihrarv are directed from this huilding. More hooks go from it iiito the hands of the peojjle than from any like building in the country. THE VESTIBULE t)pens from the ]^>roadway front and gives access directly to the Circulating Department, and, by stair- way and elevator, to the Reference Department, the Periodical Department, and the Children's Rooms. THE CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT is directly opposite the front door. All grown people who would like liooks to read at home are welcome here. THE REGISTRY DESK is at the left as one enters the Circulating Department, and all who wish to borrow books should first register here on a form provided. I-'or the protection of the public property it is necessary that eacb person should be identified as a resident of Buft'alo wdth a definite address, and when this has been done cards wdll be iiiven. People on the Library staff are there to help you — they expect questions. If the Library has not the book you need, it may be able to get it if you leave a request. CARDS Two cards are given to each person. On the card printed in black, one book of any class may be drawn. On the card printed in red no novels or stories can be taken. The two cards are meant to supplement one another, so that each person may have one book for study or information and in addition a story for pleasure or recreation, but two books for study may be had if preferred. It is always necessary to bring" these cards when wishing to draw books. THE BOOKS and these — not the buildings — are really the "Library," now number more than 250,000. All of them except Registration Desk If you wish advice on books for special reading, consult the Heads of Departments. What you should know about your work is in a book in the Public Library. Why not have it? Return and Request Windows reference books and some very rare or expensive volumes which must not be taken from the fireproof building-, may be borrowed for home reading-. If one knows exactly the book he wants it may be asked for by title at the Request Window of the Delivery Counter. THE DELIVERY COUNTER or Loan Desk is the chief exchange point of the library and is directly opposite the entrance. All books are returned here, under the crossed flags, and "My opportunities in youth for acquiring an education were limited, but I had the great good fortune of being well supplied with useful books, and these gave me my start in life."— DANIEL WEBSTER. "All a university can do for us is — teach us to read.' CARLYLE. here any wished books may be asked for. It is not necessary to search the catalogues for any book of which you know the title. Ask at the Request Win- dow, giving" the title as accurately as may be. and the author if known. Lists of books made up at home are useful as memoranda at the library. It is well t'o remember that 70.000 other people arc drawing books, and the law of chances does not permit that each one shall always be able to get the most desired book. It is always possible to get something interesting to read and the library assistants are glad to help to the limit of their time and strength. THE CARD CATALOGUE Persons wdio want to read on a certain sul)ject and want to know what the Library owns on that subject will be interested in the card catalogue, which is in the cabinet along the wall to the left as one enters the Circulating Department. It is the record of all books in the Library and may be used exactly as one uses a dictionary, each book being recorded under its author's name, under its title, and under its subject (ii it is not fiction). For example, John Ruskin's Unto this last may be found by looking under R for the author's name. Ruskin, or under XJ for the title. Unto, or under E for the subject, Economics. The card catalogue is for the use of all, and any assistant will show just how to use it. "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.^ APDISON. "Studious let us sit, and hold high converse with the mighty dead."— THOMSON. THE OPEN SHELF DEPARTMENT is specially for the use of those who wish somethine,' £;"oo(l' to read but have no very definite idea as to just what tliey want. The rooms adjoin the main room of the Circulating^" Department nn the rii:^ht and they serve two purposes, — first, as the main reading' room of the Library, wlierc one ma\' spend a spare hour or two over a favorite old book or an attractive new one, and. second, as a select library of many of the best popular books on all subjects, where borrowers may select as they })lease for home use. This "open shelf" collection is chosen with great care and in it are in- cluded manv of the great books of all time, nianv new w^m' r-1 fai J L i^t 1 1 ■■■■■■^^■' * " Sol ■^■^"— jr ,^ 11 ] w|«ti If k i i ■ ■ La^M ■ u .tr:BL,.:.:. " .j 1^ F^HI^^^^^^^^^^^H Charging Desk Open Shelf Room "Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wis- dom."— CARLYLE. "Books should to one of these four ends conduce,- For wisdom, piety, delight, or use." attractive books on modern lines of thought and infor- mation, and the best of fiction, old and new. A good number of German and French books are included in the open shelf collection. All books in these rooms may be examined at leisure, they may be read in the rooms, or, after being charged at the desk next the exit, may be taken home. All books represented here are also found in the stack. THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT occupies the north wing of the building on the second floor, access being had by both elevator and stairway from the entrance vestibule. On open shelves are arranged encyclopedias, dictionaries of many kinds, atlases, and other books needed' for c|uick reference. The Reference librarian and his assistants will search out information on subjects brought to them and books from all departments will be brought here for consultation. The reference books shelved in these rooms are for library use only and are not issued for home reading. In the ante-room of the Reference Department, in cabinets along the wall, is the card catalogue of the Library of Congress, so far as it is completed, de- posited here by courtesy of that library. THE PERIODICAL DEPARTMENT occupies the attractive room in the angle of the build- ing on the second floor. In an open case, arranged "The true university of these days is a collection of books."— CARLYLE. lo "Few can hope for real success in any art, trade or craft who do not make use of books." alphabetically by titles, are about three hundred maga- zines anrl serial publications for use in the room. Many extra copies of the more popular magazines are taken by the library for home use and may be had in the Circulating" Department. BRANCHES AND STATIONS are estaljlished in various parts of the city far from the main building. The same library cards are good at the main library or any of its branches. While the number of books in these local libraries is small, the resources of the main library can be used from them. Any desired book will be sent to a branch library when asked for. The Joseph P. Dudley Branch, 503 South Park Avenue. The William Ives Branch, on the corner of Broad- way and Playter Street, in the Dom Polski. The Lafayette Branch in the Lafayette High School. The stations have no deposits of books, but do have daily communication with the main library. If care- fully made lists of books wanted, or requests for books on any particular subject, are left at any station, satisfactory results should be secured. "Every book that we take up without a purpose is an opportunity lost of taking up a book with a purpose." — HARRISON. Living in Buffalo gives you the right to use the PubUc Library. B. Keller & Deuchler, 739 Seneca Street. C. William E. Lemon, 897 Tonawanda Street. D. Ellis T. Lathbury, 72 Forest Avenue. E. John Deckup, 177 East Street. F. J. F. Hermann, 2648 Main Street. G. E. W. Hodson, Seneca and Elk Streets. H. W. L. Krnmmell, 2340 Seneca Street. Arrangements can be made by groups of people in any part of the city to borrow a small traveling library for club or neisfhborhood use. "Reading means taking advantage of the observations and thoughts and opinions of others w^hich are so bounti- fully stored up for us in books." — HUGH BLACK. The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences Hayes School of Natural Science 'J'lie JUiffalo Society of Xatura! Sciences of which the Hayes School of Natural Science now forms a part, occupies two floors of the i'ulilic Library Build- ing, centrally located on the block bounded by Wash- ington, Broadway, l-^llicott and Clinton Streets, where are displayed its valualjle scientific collections which are at all times open freely to the ]:)ublic in its ^Museum, as is also its scientific reference library of a]:)0ut 6,000 volumes, and its lecture room in which an important part of its educational work is daily carried on. The Society was organized in 1861 and incorporated January ly , 11^63. its purpose being to promote the study of the Natural Sciences, to stimulate and en- courage original scientific research, and especially to provide for the people of our city, free instruction in "The true object of science is to lead the mind of man towards its noble destination — knowledge of truth." — CUVIER. 13 "Happy the man whose lot it is to know the secrets of the earth."— EURIPIDES. those sciences and thus to further educational work in Buffalo by every means in its power. By stairway or elevator to the basement floor the visitor reaches the Society's lecture room where by special arrang^ement with the City's Department of Public Instruction, every morning at 10.30 and every afternoon at 2 o'clock through the school year the public school children of the grammar school grades come for their instruction in elementary science by the Society's lecturer whose talks upon Physiology, Tropi- cal Products, Bees, Birds, Geography and the mineral and other natural resources of the United States are finely illustrated by stereopticon views and by all the laboratory experiments which are illustrative in the several courses of study. In the bird talks, actual specimens of birds are first shown and described and then a series of pictures is thrown upon the screen, showing the homes of the birds and the enemies which are liable to attack them. For illustrating the habits of bees, a hive of live bees is used, the walls being made of glass so that bees and comb can be plainly seen. Bee keeping utensils are explained and a beautiful series of slides shows the bees at work upon the flowers. At the close of each lecture the collections of the Museum are visited by the children under the guidance of their teachers. Cases are especially ar- ranged for each of the several grades, showing the "As the light of the untried world to the infant, so is the dawning of the light resting over the unexplored realms of science to the student."— O. W. HOLMES. 14 "Nature and wisdom are never at strife." — JUVENAL. coal and iron, the mineral products and other valuable resources of the United States ; the actual tropical products such as cocoa, vanilla, cocoanuts, coffee, rub- ber, etc., as well as exhibits illustrative of anatomy, physiology, methods of aboriginal life, the implements and hand^made products of Indians and other primi- tive peoples, covering" the work of the year in that direction as prescribed by the public schools. In this lecture room is also given a series of weekly public lectures of a popularly scientific character which begin in November and end in May and form an important part of the Society's educational work. Admission cards to these lectures are given without charge to all who apply at the office for them. In the vestibule at the foot of the elevator will be found the Ward series of skeleton casts of the gigan- tic creatures of the Tertiary period ; the great Mega- therium, the Glyphtodon, that enormous fossil arma- dillo; skulls and tusks of the Dinotherum, the Mam- moth and the Mastodon, while in the lecture room is the cast of the great antediluvian tortoise, the Colos- sochelys Atlas. In one of the adjoining rooms is shown the Bennett Collection of fossils from the water lime group near Buffalo, the largest collection of the Euripterids in the world, embracing many type specimens. In the hallway are the tall cases containing the Clinton Her- barium of about 24,000 specimens collected by Hon. "The observer of Nature sees with admiration that the whole world is full of the glory of God."— LINNAEUS. ' 15 "The laws of Nature are the thoughts of God." — • ZSCHOKKE. George W. Clinton, the first President of the Society, and in the rear rooms may be seen some of the geo- logical collections of the Society ; the beautiful niin- eralogical collection which bears the name of the late Charles F. Wadsworth; the large meteorite from the Caiion Diablo in Arizona, and the large cases contain- ing groups of mammals, — moose, elk, deer, bears, camel, mountain goats, etc., including the great group of mounted bufifalo, one of the finest in the United States. Taking the elevator to the third floor, the visitor finds in the vestibule a large collection of African implements and weapons ; native spears, arrows, bows and shields, articles of dress, idols and fetishes, masks, basketry, musical instruments and drums, canoes, carved ivory, as well as elephant and hippopotamus tusks. In room No. 2 are the cases illustrating the educa- tional' work in elementary science as before stated, and here is displayed many of the Society's Collec- tions in Archaeology, the Wende Collection of Ameri- can Indian implements, weapons and ornaments, be- side numerous other cases filled with similar exhibits ; a large collection of Mound Builder pottery ; skulls taken from the western mounds as also from Indian vill'age sites in our own state ; an important collection of pottery from the piovince of Chiriqui in Central "The best part of our knowledge is that which teaches us where knowledge leaves off and ignorance begins." — O. W. HOLMES. 16 "A love of Nature is the foundation stone of Truth." — PETER FRANDSEN. America ; l)askct work in i^rcat variety and modern pottery from the i)ueblos of .\rizona and New Mexico; models of Lidian houses, etc.. etc. Here is also shown the line group of Whistling Swans, carried over Niagara Falls in the spring of 1907. In room No. 3 are many cases filled with other in- teresting- archaeological exhibits; Indian, Peruvian. Egyptian, etc.. and upright cases containing the ornithological collections, inchuling' the Bodemeier Collection of foreig'n birds purchased many years since and very complete collections of our native birds. Those of New York State are assembled in one of the larg^e cases for the convenience of students. In room No. 4 are shown the corals and the Con- cholog'ical Collections of the Society. These fill the entire room and are of great beauty and interest. In room No. 5 is the Society's office and its Library of 6,000 volumes of scientific publications, of especial value as a library of reference for science study and open at all times for the free use of students and those who are interested in such work. Msitors are always welcome and every facility for investigation will be extended l)v those in charge. "Those who take honours in Nature's University, who learn the laws which govern men and things and obey them are really great and successful men in this world." —HUXLEY. 17 Historical Building Delaware Park, Buffalo Buffalo Historical Society This institution, organized 1862, has since 1901 occupied its own building in Delaware Park (Elm- wood Avenue entrance). The structure itself, cost upwards of $200,000, is of white mar Ti