Sep 7, 2014 1 min read

Public libraries promote the general welfare by serving as cornerstones of community enlightenment. Regrettably, in Greene County, omnipresent philistines, smugly conventional and lacking in culture, look upon public libraries as a senseless waste of tax dollars and resources.

Appearing recently in the Observer-Reporter were a series of excellent articles addressing the value of libraries in local communities. Two such articles were published on the front pages on Aug. 24 and 25, followed by an editorial on Aug. 26. The Aug. 25 article highlighted the Finch robot project popular with high school students at the Peters Township Public Library. Upon observing the students’ enthusiasm for the project, library director Pier Lee said of one of the students, “I can tell he’s going to be an inventor someday.”

Greene County philistines obviously do not want to develop inventors. What they seem to want is something more worthwhile, like grant writers.

Paul Lagojda

Cumberland Township