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Number 20 June, 1934 " T H E RARE BOOK" Well, in spite of the prognostications^/ the "doubting Thomases" and gloomy Jonahs" who said that it coulcuh-i)e done, we did it! In other words, we succeeded in surprising MrTwmdsor, and we regard that as sonic accomplishment! Of course, it was quite essential that Mr. Windsor should know that the Library Club was plannjfig a dinner on May 5 in recognition of the completion of twenty-five years of service here, with himself and Mrs. Windsor as honored guests, but aside from that information, the other features of the occasion wefe^T complete surprise—so and he has a habit of speaking the truth. j Probably you will all be interested in learniil ust how we went about it. is you already know, a Committee of Arrangements was appointed in February, consisting of Emma Jutton, Josie Houchens,. Fanny Dunlap, Katherine Doyle, Christopher Faye, Isabelle Grant, Mary Lois Bull, Amelia Krieg, and Bertha Schneider, with Frances Simpson as Chairman. The Committee held four or five meetings at the home of the Chairman, who was directed to conduct all correspondence and ^decide matters of minor importance. The first letter sent out by the Chairman went to one hundred and ten of Mr. Windsor's personal and professional friends on February twentyfirst, and over ninety replies were received—a very remarkable response, indicating the high esteem in which Mr. Windsor's profession holds him. The second letter, to fifteen hundred and forty-five alumni and former students of the Library School, was sent on March eighth, and two hundred and fifty-five responses have been received to date. These numbers <1" not include members of the University Library Staff, the Faculty of he Library School, and students now enrolled in the School, whose letters presented groups and not individuals, as a later statement in this account kill show. Because of a threatened deluge of letters, the co-operation of he University, aside from the Library Staff and Library School, was not elicited. Jn fact, most of the general Faculty knew nothing about the

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Jnitc a number of alumni who are on the stall" of the same library, or 11 adjacent libraries, signed group letters, twelve such letters, bearing v, nty-five signatures, bavin- been reeeived. The letters from the UniTs ' ity Library Staff were grouped in departments at their own request,

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