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f l a P post he had made distinguished; that it w s true ftf ii'r V 8 S s o r « \ a t ."an institution is the length and shadow ff? £ £ * g J g £ , t he would begin his new work depending on the cooperation of \\ 3 £,ugh he was taking over the controls, it was an inspiration to f el that he ' w0uld have the support of the old pilot, that he was going forward with the sincere cooperation of his comrades in the great adventure Mr Windsor then asked Mrs. Windsor to present Mrs. White to the alumni Mrs. Windsor said that thirty years ago when they arrived at Illinois, they had three little girlsi of their own and found a staff family of "bout t whereas Mrs. White on arriving had only two little 'girlsT but she° w o u R n . i a staff family of over one hundred. She gladly welcomed the Whites savins she was S e t h y W d e the ty f t h e a l u m n i a s the ^ ; that she and Mr. Windsor ° i • u" !f J, «W y themselves had She added were not yielding their own places but felt that the Whites would make a place for themselves. The report of the nominating committee was then presented and the following officers were elected: President, John S. Cleavinger; First Vice-preside..-. Winifred Knapp; becond Vice-president, Dorothy Hill; Trustee of the Endowment Fund, Bertha Schneider; Secretary-Treasurer, Josie B. Houchens. The meeting then closed and was followed by an informal reception for Dr. and Mrs. White and Dr. and Mrs. Windsor. (Signed) JOSIE B. HOUCHENS Secretary MINUTES O F M E E T I N G O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY S C H O O L A S S O C I A T I O N , BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, J U N E 23, 1941 A T T H E W O M E N ' S CITY CLUB The meeting was called to order by the President, J. S. Cleavinger. One hundred and forty-six members were present. As the local program committee had arranged that the members attend the Pop Concert immediately after the dinner, it was necessary to conduct the business part of the meeting while dinner was being served. The minutes of the last meeting were not ordered read as they were printed in full in the News Letter. In the absence of the secretary-treasurer, Josie B. Houchens, the treasurer s report and that of the Windsor Publication Fund account were read by the acting secretary, Anne M. Boyd. At the request of the President a bnet resume was given by the acting secretary of the meeting of the executive committee held June 22 in the Statler Hotel. ;; . . Q. s . , The President, being also the chairman of the Katharine L. Sharp bcnol arshir, Fund Committee, read the report of this committee Nnmimtiim In the absence of Marie Hostetter chairman, the^report: of IIK MojunagJ r Committee was read by the President. It was moved that the re c > a > nd that the secretary cast the ballots of the member f ^ g * ^ ycar:

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