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Alumni News Letter, 1935 She was Children's Librarian in the Jacksonville, Illinois Public M to 1Q05; Branch Librarian, Cossitt I ^ / ^ J ^ b r t r y from Vm Tennessee. i;0>06; Manager, Traveling Libraries, Missouri S S S J Commission. 1W<>-12; hirst Assistant. 1 raveling Library Department, Ohio Librarx commission. 1*M2-15; Librarian, Charleston, Illinois, Public I i brtrv. 1915-21; Organizer, Iowa Library Commission, 1921-22. Besides teaching at the University of Illinois, Miss Gramesly taurfit during the summers of 1927-31 at George Peabody College for Teachers and during the summer of 1<)34 at Louisiana State University School for Library Service. She was a popular teacher and brought to her students a broad perspective of the library field as well as an appreciation of all phases of library work. Her students and her many friends will always remember her for her gay sense of humor, her vivacity, and her personal interest in them. SALARY STATISTICS FOR T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY SCHOOL ALUMNI For a number of years the University of Illinois Library School has collected, from its former students, statistics on salaries and positions. These have been published about every three years in the News Letter and present an interesting picture of salary trends. The last tables in 1930 represent probably the peak in library salaries. Before that the trend was slowly up and since then rather rapidly down. It is impossible to make these tables show a true picture of the whole salary situation for the figures are taken only from blanks returned, and many Alumni did not reply and some who replied omitted the salary. Out of 1127 in active work, there were 834 replies which could be used. As usual, some of the Alumni whose salaries fall in the higher brackets did not return their blanks. The peak first year registration of the Library School was in 1930 with 152 students, and in 1931 with 134 students. Since then the registration has been held down to about 60 in an effort to relieve the placement problem. This has meant that applicants were rejected each year, and not that there has been any appreciable decrease in the numbers seeking to enter the profession. Table 1 gives the average salaries for men and women who have taken the one and two years course since 1917. This shows clearly the rise to 1930 and the decline since the depression. Figures in parenthesis give the number of replies.

TABLE 1 AVERAGE SALARIES FOR M E N AND WOMEN Two year course Men 1917 1920 1923 1927 1930 1935 $2285 (7) 2371 (8) 2850 (14) 3072 (22) 3495 (26) 2869 (36) Women $1175 (122) 1594(137) 2265 (155) 2340(179) 2585 (191) 2146(193) One year course Men $1485 (7) 2183 (6) 2880 (10) 3250 (8) 3388 (12) 1793 (30) Women $ 991 (92) 1435 (98) 1795 (144) 1998 (159) 2005 (332) 1493 (477)

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