Re: School Library Journal May 94 editorial

[Xavier HS <sl07301@LLWNET.LL.PBS.ORG>]

There is a very important editorial on page 4 of the SLJ this month.  It
makes one wonder whether the first amendment rights we are sworn to defend
in our various libraries are safe from interference from without.  I'd like
to know just how St.Louis has been able to get away with restricting library
access all of these years--has it been something on paper, or have they
really been enforcing the rules which put anyone under the age of 18 in the
"children's room"?  I can't imagine how the library director can be so
pleased about this dismal state of affairs that permits parental
interference in a thinking, intelligent young adult's education.  The
editorial in SLJ says it very succinctly.  I wonder if anyone out there is
willing to force a Supreme Court test of the constitutionality of the
St.Louis situation?  What about it, those of you in St.Louis?  What is the
actual situation there?  Please tell us what is really going on?
I am Sister Mary Veronica, of Xavier High School, New York City.  I come
down firmly on the side of the patron's right to know.  If he or she is old
enough to ask the questions, he or she should be allowed to find out the
answers.