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PRESENTATION OF McGUFFEY READERS

PRESENTATION OF McGUFFEY READERS

 

On Tuesday evening, February 15, 1927, a meeting of

unusual interest was held in the audience room of the

Museum and Library Building on the Ohio State Uni-

versity Campus. The program announced "a joint

session" of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical

Society and the McGuffey Society of Columbus, Ohio.

The purpose of the meeting is indicated in the following

announcement:

The McGuffey Society of Columbus, Ohio, presents to the

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, a set of the

McGuffey Readers, all copyrights, for preservation in its library.

JOHN F. CARLISLE,

President of the McGuffey Society.

MRS. MYRTIS G. REESE, Secretary.

JOHN R. HORST,

Chairman of the Memorial Alcove Committee.

"The Memorial Alcove" is an alcove in the library

of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society

for the exhibition and preservation of the McGuffey

Readers. The collection presented is one of the most

complete in existence. A similar collection was sold

recently for $2,000.

The following program was rendered in the pres-

ence of an appreciative audience that filled the seating

capacity of the auditorium.

PROGRAM:

Invocation:  Rev. J. A. Ewalt, Member of the McGuffey Society

of Gahanna, Ohio.

Introductory:  John F. Carlisle, President of the McGuffey Society

of Columbus, Ohio.

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