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Alumni Ntws Letter pople mentioned the value of visiting libraries, particularly th™ y ttos€ £ch have developed new types of service. The refresher course for veterans is a problem which the facultv The replies to this question give some & £ £ tfUst solve very ^ data on which to base decisions. Whatever plan is adopted, it wilf te 0 ta mdlv 1( ual e ds " 'T?i! u T , . ! « e of as many alumni as possible. About half of our alumni m the Services are interested in advanced study, almost all of them m the field of librarianship. Many will benefit from the educational provisions in the "G.I. Bill of Rights" and plan to begin work for the Master's degree almost immediately. To the question "Would you be interested in a proeram leadine to the Ph r> Science " Illinois were to offer it?," nearly half replied "Yes." Many added comments which will be very helpful to the special faculty committee which will be concerned with the matter during the current academic year. It is a question on which the Committee would welcome an expression of opinion from all alumni.

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C L A S S O F 1946 The first-year class of 1946, fifty-two in number, includes two students —one man and one woman—registered under the G.I. Bill of Rights. The new students were informally introduced at a Hallowe'en party given on fWriu*.. in u„ 4.u~ T ;**•.»«.» rinK Dirprtor and Mrs. Downs were at home students and

Scholarships

S H A R P SCHOLAR ct, a r r i Scholarship for 1945-1946, was awarded to T, v t U _. T The Katharine L. Sharp ?cnoiars P „ . . , „ a t thti Oklahoma assistant Marjorie May Munger, cataiugmg « « . . Ar~. d B A in L s City Public Library. Miss Munger received both her B.A. and B.A. in U i ( degrees from the University of Oklahoma. U N I V E R S I T Y SCHOLARSHIP « ,. w „.«> lihrarian of the Junior High School Branch of the Martha Moore^ ^ r a n a n i j^ U n i v ersity of Illinois ScholarWichita, Kansas, * £ * £ £ ary, rece ^ ^ ^ ship for study during 1945 1V40 * ^ ^ {QT • I I ent, Texas Women, has also servea * <-..__ r~u*trn for Women

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