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Alumni News Letter been • * « » rartner tne library's goal of county-wide service A parent opened in the main m^mJ'L^SJ!^^ ^ the John H. Dewitt Memorial Book Fund for the purchase history books has been established. During the past fourteen vt Mr. Drury has served as visiting School, Nashville. Mr. Drury was a member of the University'of Illinois Library staff from 1903 to 1919, becoming assistant librarian in iono w„

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was assistant librarian of Brown Island, from 1919 until 1929 where he served as executive assistant in adult education until he assumed his present position. Mr. Drury has published several books, including Viewpoints in Modem Drama, Book Selection, Order Work for Libraries The Broadcaster and the Librarian, and What Books Shall I Read? He is vice-president of the Southeastern Library Association and has served as president .of the Tennessee Library Association. Josie B. Houchens, assistant University librarian — personnel, University of Illinois Library, is teaching the course in reference service the second semester in the special program for veterans at the University of Illinois Library School. Miss Houchens is a member of the A.L.A. Bookbinding Committee and also of the Toint Committee of the Library Bindand Class Margaret Hutchins, M.S., Columbia '31, is a member of the Union List of Serials Supplement, Special Advisory Committee. Miss Hutchins was confined to the hospital for a long period this spring due to a compound fracture of the ankle but at last reports was meeting some of her classes in the Patient's Library of St. Luke's Hospital and otherwise carrying on her teaching duties. Miss Hutchins is assistant professor, School of Library Service, Columbia University. Class of 1913 An interesting enterprise has been started in ^ ^ 9 ^ ^ Mary Torrance, A.M., Michigan, formerly assistant H ^ « J ™ * TW •* T u cii« i*c manap-er of the Southern Literary service, eu* r University Library. She, is ^ ^ a ^ v i t i c S f a c c 0 rding to its printed proClairmont Avenue, Decatur, wnose awvu c , writing Miss Torspectus, include i n d e x i n g , . ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ 1 h^knowlrance states that the o r g a n ^ t o n » he o n l y ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ edge, existing in ^ e Southeast^^ University Library, where , 1 S T J 3 S ZTZ. t t X e ^ a r t m e n t as well as assistant librarian. Class of 1917 „TT librarian of the Wichita, Kansas, City Library, is nnA m Ruth E. **™ °?^\%l?y federal relations committee of Kansas. state coordinator for tne y c h a i r m a n Gf the nominating committee ol'fhe A x T D i v i s t o n of Pubfic Libraries, and is a member of the A.L.A. Committee on Statistics.

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