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Caption: UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 6
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r considerations •)i 8 ending you year a vm u «•« — " " t " ^ * " ^ * " » H ICC: I sincerely nope every one tly hope year who can will become a life member. P. L. WINDSOR [ Minutes of the Seattle Meeting The annual dinner and meeting of the Illinois Library School Alumni Association was held on June 9, 1925, in the Italian Room of the Olympic Hotel, Seattle. Miss Batterson, President of the Association, presided.^ There were seventy-five alumni present. The meeting was opened with the singing of Illinois Loyalty. The President then called on the different classes to stand up; the earliest class represented was 1896, by Miss Ahern, and the latest, 1926, by Miss Evelyn Foster. Almost every class since the opening of the School had one or more representatives; 1906 with six members was the banner class in point of numbers. Miss Marvin gave greetings from the Northwest and plead for greater tolerance, scholarliness and mental alertness for librarians. Miss Hutchins gave news of the Library School faculty, the new Library building and the summer Library School. Telegrams of greetings were read from Mr. Windsor and letters from Miss Esther Smith, ex'05, and from Mrs. Ida Almy Dobbins, who was a member of the first class of Armour Institute. The minutes of the last annual meeting and the report of the Secretary-Treasurer were read and accepted. The proposed changes in the constitution, with reference to a Life Membership amendment, were read and discussed. Miss Hutchins and Miss Price explained the need for a scholarship fund to be used in competition with graduate school scholarships in other departments of the University. The following amendments were adopted: Article III—Membership—Section 3. Life members. All persons who have been members of the Library School of Armour Institute of Technology or of that of the University of Illinois may become life members of the Association on the payment of the required fee. Article IV—Dues—Section 1. Annual Dues. The annual membership dues for the Association shall be one dollar. Section 2. Life membership. On the payment of twenty-five dollars any member may become a life member. This amount shall be paid in full, or in annual installments of not less than five dollars for five consecutive years. . Article XIII—Endowment Funds—All receipts from life memberships and all gifts for endowment purposes, shall constitute an endowment fund, which shall be kept forever in\ >late. The endow* ment fond shall be in the custody of three trust- , one of whom shall be elected by ballot at each annual meeting, to hold office for r rom e th date of his election and until his successor t h e y* 9 f g]t I be elected. No money from the endowment fund shall 1 [3]
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