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The Colleges and Schools

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versity year. Their study lists must he approved by the Dean of the Graduate School, or his representative, in 109 Commerce Building. Attendance on four summer sessions, or one semester and two summer sessions, is considered the equivalent of one year in residence. If in these sessions the required amount of work is properly done a master's degree may be earned in this way. '' No course offered in the Summer Session may be taken for credit towards a higher degree unless it is specially described in the Summer Session circular as accepted for that purpose. "Students working for their masters' degrees in the Summer Session must announce their thesis subjects not later than the beginning of their third session in residence. "Graduate courses in medical sciences are offered in the summer quarter between June and September at the College of Medicine of the University of Illinois in Chicago."

SUMMER COURSES IN LIBRARY TRAINING

During the first six weeks of the summer session since 1911 the Library School has offered a series of courses in Library training. These are not given in connection with the regular summer session of the University, but as an independent undertaking of the Library School. To this course are admitted "only high school graduates actually employed as librarians, or library assistants, or teacher-librarians, or under definite appointment to serve in such position.'! The curriculum is planned to meet especially the needs of workers in public libraries and in high school libraries of Illinois and no tuition fee is charged students entering from this State; students entering from libraries in other states pay a tuition fee of $12. The work is under the general direction of the faculty of the Library School, and the instruction is given by members of the faculty, supplemented by lectures by neighboring librarians. No university credit is granted for this course. 'The work is designed to occupy the whole time of the student. The number of lectures in each subject is approximately as follows: cataloging, 20; classification and book