The law that stands the test M. S. Dudgeon 206 Making a library useful to business men S. H. Ranck 210 Libraries in business organizations Louise B. Krause 215 The municipal reference library as an aid in city administration George McAneny 219 The friendly book G. M. Walton 224 How to discourage reading E. L. Pearson 230 Report of tellers of election 236 Executive board 237 Council 242 Sections: Agricultural libraries 258 Catalog 259 Work with children 275 College and reference 300 Professional training 343 Public documents round table 352 Affiliated organizations: American association of law libraries 362 League of library commissions 364 Special libraries association 382 Post-conference trip 386 Attendance summaries 392 Attendance register 393 Index 409 KAATERSKILL CONFERENCE JUNE 23-28, 1913 FIRST GENERAL SESSION (Monday evening, June 23) The PRESIDENT: The Thirty-fifth Annual Conference of the American Library Association begins this evening. Custom has decreed that the presiding officer shall deliver a message, and the present presiding officer has not sufficient independence of mind to depart from that long-established custom. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS The World of Print and the World's Work I Turning for a text to Victor Hugo's stirring epic of Paris, these words may be found in the section for May, and in the third chapter thereof: A Library implies an act of faith Which generations still in darkness hid Sign in their night, in witness of the dawn.