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\i,..rn u-m it OIK* time Librarian of lln* Indiana State febnr'and m X ii'rsl editor of / « • / . . W , in 1896 Lnder r a t ' l management this publication I.M grown to U- „ „ , o. tl,.- I, , t 1

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died at her home in Urbana on October 7, aftef a period oi at Library, died Ul health. As head of this aepanmem, m «*«*,»». " ' , r ' many of whom had their first experience m c a t a l o g under her .pervision, and some of them have written back to tell tow much thenbrief association with her had meant to them, professionally and

spiritually. ler her administration the department ^est in the country and one of the best the an friendliness and interest in people, her quiet charm, and generous spirit, won her many friends. Perhaps the general feeling of the staff is best expressed in these words from one of her own department. "Her calm, dignified presence overshadowed the department. Her strength lay in unswerving devotion to duty. It is not given to everybody to have her unhurried efficiency, her tact, her fairness, her sense of justice, her executive ability, and the unusual combination of common sense and judgment, combined with the technical knowledge that she possessed. We, who have had the privilege of working with her should let her ideal of loyalty and service always be an inspiration and an example to US." M. Gertrude Buckhous, Librarian and Professor of Library Economy at the State University of Montana, died after an operation on May 18. Miss Buckhous took her library training at Illinois in 1901 and was with the Wisconsin State Library Commission in the summer of 1902. She was appointed Librarian of the State University of Montana in the same year. In her 29 years as Librarian of the State University, she pressed the development of the Library with unflagging zeal, and she was rewarded by seeing it finally housed in the finest building on the campus. The 1929 legislature, largely through her efforts, created the Montana Library Extension Commission, of which she became Chairman and Secretary. Her death came before funds had been provided to develop its work. Mabel Hayward, '03, head Cataloger of the Joseph Schaffer Librarv of Commerce Northwestern University, died in Chicago on September b. She had been m this position since 1927, but previous to this she had been for a number of years on the staff of the John Crerar Librarv Edward Flaig Librarian of Center College, Danville, Kentuckv died in June He had attended several summer sessions of the LihrVrv School, the last one being 1930. library Delia C. Sandford, '00, formerly head Cataloger at the Universitv of teJ*Sl^ with some Ida Sawyer (Mrs. W. G. Tait), '00, gives her address as 800 North Harper Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

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SPCnt Winter h a v i n g a vacation in Florida