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Alumni News Letter «,ill resume her teaching at the University of Illinois in r tli SI,> 1 A 7 s s Phelps absence, Gwladys Spencer, who rec vo/l\? T***'

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Courses for the teacher-Hbrarian are being taught w the n ifirst t,m l tin, in --^iiar school year by Miss Alice M. L o h m r ' I c :_ ' ' \ . \r ^ <-' in n S ', S r Lohre % tin- re . Illinois formerly librarian of the Hinsdale, Illinois, High Schooi T T W „,£, k \ S for this course was la d in October, 1940, when !>,• u '- (. J * id Dean Thomas W % 5 S ^ J * "" * ^ £ schools E ^ i o n , appointed « Join committee 2 he University r a i n i r ^ , _ . „ _ teacher-librarian 4 f XI14MV._ to the problem of the ttraining of the * W V . « M - I Illinois \ s a result of rec0 e the T™ ?l^S a^well roi.n.l I program in IJ l,VaV> Science for teacher-librarians was first offered on an undergSdiate S

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Alumni will doubtless be happy to learn that in September 1941 a full time librarian was for the first time assigned to the library'of Library School. This position is being filled by Miss Frances E. Hammitt, formerly assistant librarian and instructor in library science at Pennsylvania State Teachers College, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Miss Hammitt is a graduate of the School of Library Service, Columbia University, and has a master of arts degree in political science from the University of Cincinnati. Prior to the creation of this new position the collection had suffered from the fact that the various Library School assistants assigned to the task had been unable to devote sufficient time to keeping records complete and accurate, attending to the binding, and especially to the selection of material. Now that departmental library status has been attained, with the full time librarian in charge, it will be possible to maintain a well-rounded, live collection of professional literature which will be more readily accessible to faculty, students, and staff members. K A T H A R I N E L. SHARP S C H O L A R S H I P The Katharine L. Sharp Scholarship for 1941-42 was awarded to Katharine Louise Kinder, A.B., Miami University, who received the degree of 3B.S. in L- S. from Columbia University School of Library Service in 1936. Miss Kinder whose home is Rockford, Ohio, is on leave of absence from Wilhston Memorial Library, Mt. Holyoke College where she has been head of the circulation department and readers' adviser since June, 1938. The general subject of her research at the University of Illinois is the rate of promotion among library workers. NEWS

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fticult . With the growth in the number of alumni, * * ^ > r T 3 3 8 H Your for the editors of the News Letter to keep posted asf tof i t h a r . a r t r j s ^operation is earnestly requested if the Letter « ° " [ " " ^ P M| ; % » £ W?t, the Secretary of the Association has bee., cd.tor of the uhh, "fe *hw number, two assistants have been « e >n Do ti y u Collins Mohr. It is the hope of the editorial committee that ] ^ \ With more regularity after this, prob£blv m ^ o r c m b e r and lay m While the editors, will be vip-l.u, m cottect, us te ^ ^ e 0 « to alumn* publications and alumn, p' ( ™ ^ Secretary of the Association lr '-tn the alumni themselves. 1 \v.i*v sin i n e w 9 p a p e r clippings, programs note, concerning periodical articles, book , - e s «ew P P ; i h i m i l i w h i c h , o m e , 0 Kivmg the topic of your papers, or othu nuns s your attention. ALUMNI N E W S