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ALUMNI NEWS LETTER Number 3.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY SCHOOL

June, 1924 •Will You Be T h e r e ? The annunal reunion of the Library School Alumni will be held at Saratoga Springs on Thursday, July 3rd. There will be a dinner followed by a business meeting and every Illini at the Conference should make an effort to be present at both. There is no regular Conference program that night, so there should be plenty of time. Please do not make unnecessary engagements for that evening. Since many of the alumni feel that we do not give enough time to these meetings, why not make this an exception ami a real reunion? As soon as you reach A. L. A., sign up for the dinner; the management will not assign us a dining room until we know how many we will have at the dinner. Any suggestions for this reunion will be welcomed. Several important items of business will come up at the Business Meeting; there will be a discussion of the reports of the Committee to investigate the probable establishment of a school of advanced librarianship. There is already much discussion as to the location of this school. Chicago, New York and Washington have their warm supporters, why not Illinois?, where the machinery of well established Professional and Graduate Schools is already in operation. The report of the Committee on Life Membership will also be discussed and voted on. This is an important matter, as the need for a scholarship is growing every year. Library School Song The last two News letters have held a request for an Illinois Library School song, and the only response was by Arthur R. Curry, '21, whose contribution is here printed. It would be very interesting if everyone would learn this song and be prepared to sing it as well as "Illinois," and "Illinois Loyalty" at the dinner. It is still hoped that others have songs in the course of preparation: if so, brine them alone and we will sine them. " T h e Time W e Spent at Illinois" {Tune: "There Is A Tavern in Our Town.") But with food and rest, we rallied to our The time we spent at Illinois, Illinois, Was not a constant round of joy, round of best, joy; And went and turned the other cheek. But as we grow old, the brass will turn to She was more than we expected, etc. gold, And we will swear by Illinois. Our teachers all were very good, very good: They wished to work us all they could, all She was more than we expected they could; And we cannot be dejected Had we all been young, this song had no Though the "more" was all that we could been sung. bear, could bear; They really never understood. For yet, of all who had the brass, had the brass, She was more than we expected, etc. No one has ever failed to pass, failed to pass; Sometimes we went to see a play, see a play. So as we grow old and gather in the gold, And did not learn until next day, till next We sing the praise of Illinois. (Ill-i-nois) day, With our problems due, and having but i The Juniors always on the run, on the run! few, The Seniors have their senior fun, senior That we had thrown the time away. fun, She was more than we expected, etc. But Commencement Day the joy has just begu n— We had dealings with the sutf. with the Oh, let us sing of Illinois! staff; Our blunders made them weep and Uueh. She was more than we expected, etc. weep and laugh; Those springtime outings on the creek, on But with glad eyes w < and nothing to the creek, regret. Would always find us very weak, very weak; We meet to eat the fatted If. Reunion

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