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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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244 Sixteen Years at the University of Illinois numbers, IS; book selection, 14; administration of small libraries, 10; reference work, 10; work with children, 10; loan systems, order, accession and shelf work, binding and repair, 1 3 / * 4 Up to the present time 229 persona have availed themselves of the privileges afforded by the summer library courses, of whom 161 were from Illinois libraries. SUMMKR WORK AT HAVANA In the summer of 1910 an interesting experiment was tried. It consisted of furnishing instruction in certain sciences at the Illinois Biological Station at Havana, Illinois. The students at the Station had as their field of observation "the banks and waters of the Illinois River itself, a series of lakes, streams and bayous of the vicinity, and the bottoms, bluffs and uplands adjacent, presenting a great variety of situations unusually rich in all plant and animal forms, and convenient of access from the station grounds/**5 The work was carried on under the direction of a faculty of twelve members. Eight courses were offered in botany, three in education, one in microscopical technique, two in physical geography and six in xoology. About sixty students were in attendance during the session. THE SCHOOL FOR ATHLETIC COACHES In connection with the summer session of the University, the department of physical training for men has since 1914 held a School for Athletic Coaches, This School was designed primarily to give instruction in the best methods of coaching the most popular competitive sports in college and high school—baseball, football, basketball and track and field athletics* In addition a course of instruction on playgrounds and their direction is provided. The instruction in each course includes both theory and practical demonstration. The instructional staff is composed of the men in charge of the several athletic teams of the Urn"UniT. of 111, Bulletin, Vol, XIV, No, 34, pp. 16-17 •Uaiv. of III Bulletin, Vol. VII, No. 18, NOT, 81, 1909
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