Repository: UIHistories Project: UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 17 [PAGE 7]

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li U eflfort in bringing to the attention of possible employers the School placement service, and first consideration $iven to fellow alumni when one is \n employer, will be most highly appreciated by both the School and unstayed graduates. Class of 1932-33—The registration for 1932-33 has fallen to fifty-seven \\ t-year students and thirty-one advanced students (most of these are part students, members of the Library staff). Every effort was made to •courage students of mediocre ability, and as a result, twenty-two applicati« ns which met our formal requirements were refused consideration. MoreXer, accepted applicants were warned that there probably would be no w ork for them at the end of the year. • The first-year students come from nineteen states, the proportion from Illinois being larger than is customary. Indiana and Ohio rank second and tlird, respectively, in numbers. The north central and southern states are represented by eight states each. Only one student comes from the far West, although a number were accepted from western states but found it impossible to come at the last minute due to financial difficulties. The class as a whole is made up of very young people, seventy per cent being university graduates of '30, '31, '32. There are ten men and fortyven women. Five have the Master's degree. Only three present degrees Tom teachers' colleges. English and History are the favored combination j>r major study in the undergraduate work. Over half the class have •udied three languages, and nine more have studied four languages, iighty-one per cent of the class have had previous library experience and hirty-one per cent have had some previous library training. J In February the class will be enlarged considerably due to the relatively krge number of students returning then to complete work started in the summer. These people fortunately nearly all have positions. I Certification—It is probable that about ninety of the University of Illinois Library School graduates will be among those to receive certificates from the Certification Board of the Illinois Library Association. I The Board voted that members of the class of 1932 might request certification if they so desired, regardless of whether they are at present in positions or are residents of Illinois. Application blanks may be obtained either from Miss Anna May Pricf uperintendent of the Extension Division, State library, Springfield, Illiois, or Miss Elsie McKay, Librarian, Public library, Oak Park, Illinois. ey are to be returned to Miss McKay. MASTERS' THESES COMPLETED SINCE FEBRUARY, 1932, AND THOSE IN PROGRESS Acquisition and Order Work study of secondhand book prices in the field of belles lcttrcs, by Dorothy Moyer. (In progress.) Business literature available in Bloomington and Normal (111.), by W. L. Noggle. (In progress.) Books and Reading [A study of readers' interests, by AH Houkom. (In progress.} A study of the editions of the works of Sir Walter Scott, by I). M. Mathss. A study of periodicals for children, by H. V. Kin.ml. A study of the terminology of library book selection as defined in professional library literature, by E. K. Sullivan. (In progress.)

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