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Forward-Looking Work by the Library School Alumni

E M U S T not think that all of the examples of alumni giving have been confined to the Stadium and the Alma Mater Statue just because these are the ones we hear most about. O u r attention was directed about a year ago to some unselfish work on the part of the alumni of the Library School of the University which has received rather inadequate recognition except within the Library School itself. In 1920-1922 the alumni of the School raised a fund of about $1,200 and commissioned Lorado Taft to execute in bronze a bas relief of Miss Katharine L. Sharp, Librarian of the University of Illinois Library 1897-1907 and first Director of the Library School. T h a t bronze tablet (See right) is now mounted on the wall of the Library near the quarters of the Library School. Miss Frances Simpson retired about four years ago as Assistant Director of the Library School after many years of service. T h e alumni, having heard of her intention to make a trip around the world following her retirement, presented her with nearly $1,200 in cash as a token of their appreciation of her unselfish work for the Library School, and as a help to her in making the most of the trip. Ten years ago the Library School Association authorized life memberships at $25, the money to go into a permanent fund to endow scholarships or fellowships in the Library School. This endowment fund now amounts to considerably over $6,000 and each year a Graduate School scholarship of $300 for advanced students in Library Science is provided by the income. T h e Library School Association also has accumulated a fund of about $1,000 which is available for short time loans to Library School students. T h e University of Illinois Library Club in 1932 established the Adah P a t -

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ton Memorial Fund in memory of Miss Patton, for 23 years a « | p r a r i a n in the University of Illinois, and has already raised over $1,600 in cash. W h e n this fund grows to $3,000 or $5,000 the income will probably be used for publishing bibliographical and other works of

entire group of graduates and former students which will make the work of the Foundation a success.

Williams,'07, New Lehigh President

Professor Clement C. Williams, Dean of the College of Engineering of the University of I o w a since 1926, was recently installed as the new president of the Lehigh University at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to succeed Dr. C. R. Richards, formerly head of the mechanical engineering department at Illinois from 1909 until 1922. Mr. Williams has had a long and honorable career since his graduation at Illinois. H e was for a while engaged in railway, bridge, municipal and highway engineering w o r k ; Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, 1907-14; Professor of Railway Engineering, 1914-18; and Professor of Civil Engineering, 1918-22, at the University of K a n s a s ; Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of the Department, University of Illinois, 192226; and Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Iowa since 1926. H e is author of "Design of Railway Location," 1917; and "Design of Masonry Construction and Foundation," 1921.

Katharine L. Sharp

special value to the work of librarians. Such evidences of interest in the Library School on the part of its alumni, most of whom hold first Bachelor degrees from Illinois or from other colleges and universities, indicate that these alumni have already developed that friendly interest in their alma mater and the desire to assist worthwhile enterprises which will promote its welfare. It is this spirit spread over the

Alumni Fund Reports from 32 Institutions

W e give below the list, principally taken from North Carolina University Facts, May, 1935, to indicate the progress of alumni giving in other institutions, the statistics being for the fiscal year 1934-35. T h e list is by no means complete and, as will be seen, includes only two state universities, one of these (Cornell) being usually considered an endowed university. Alumni Total Contributing ContribInstitution 1934-35 uted Amherst. 2,646 #23,645.39 Bates. 462 2,490.24 Bowdoin 1,173 10,200.49 Brown. 1,054 15,349.55 Bucknell. 337 3,231.55 Chicago... ..... 62,615.10 Clark...... 313 1,379.80 Colgate. 1,866 14,013.62 Cornell 4,693 188,533.06 Creighton 534 2,159.50 Dartmouth 6,805 84,957.19 Hobart 290 7,445.41 Harvard 7,427 79,813.52 Knox 3,293.70 Lehigh... 719 18,601.52 Miami 718 3,797.27 Mt. H o l y o k e . . . . . . . . 3,224 26,860.64 OhioWesleyan 1,287 8,075.00 Pennsylvania. . . 3,185 46,782.67 P. Inst, of Brooklyn.. 173 2,089.98 Rutgers 1,137 8,529.55 St. Lawrence 1,023 4,998.99 Smith 3,968 45,000.00 Susquehanna....... 484 5,169.90 Tufts 846 11,799.71 Vassar 2,507 35,084.70 Wash. & Jefferson... 610 5,050.00 Wesleyan 789 6,023.00 Western Reserve 5,390 190,087.20 Wooster 342 2,519.54 Worcester Poly 1,072 14,792.00 Yale 6,179 144,747.00

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Michigan Given $5,000,000 as a Graduate School Foundation

ON S E P TofE M B E R 10, a1935, the University Michigan, state university, was the recipient, by the terms of the will of the late Horace H. Rackham, of a munificent gift of $5,000,000 from the Horace H. and Mary A. Rackham fund for the enlargement of its graduate school. Of this sum $1,000,000 will be spent for land adjoining the present campus and for offices of the graduate school, classrooms, an auditorium, and offices for the administration of the fund. T h e remainder will be used as an endowment, the income from which is to be used to supplement the funds of the University already used for the graduate school. This income will permit the expansion of its research faculty and the accomplishment of many original researches heretofore impossible because of lack of funds. Mr. Rackham was always interested in the University of Michigan and during his life had givei )ver $400,000 for archaeological research, student loans, and other objects. Evidently Mr. Rackham did not let the fact that the University of Michigan is a state university prevent him from placing his money

where it would do the most good to the State and to the institution in which he was personally most interested.

Kate Neal Kinley Memorial

T h e Kate Neal Kinley Memorial fellowship in fine arts ($1,000 for study here or abroad) was awarded this year to Stanley Fletcher, a graduate of the University of Michigan, who was an instructor in music there last year. H e studied piano under Guy Maier for six years, won the Stanley medal for outstanding work in practical music at Michigan, and the Avery and Jule H o p wood major award in the essay, and took first place this year in the state and district young artists' contests of the National Federation of Music Clubs. Miriam Buchholz, '34, daughter of Prof. John T. Buchholz, of the botany department, and a candidate in the field of painting, was named alternate this year. She also was alternate last year. Miss Evelyn Gladys Swarthout, fellow for 1934, appeared in a brilliant concert program in Music Hall, Dec. 3rd.

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