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JAM 22 1952

BTGOID FEESEETS SHAKE#$^M^A0F ILLINOIS Another notable Edition to the

University of Illinois Library1s Shakes-peare collection, the 1619 quarto edition of The Merchant of Venice, has been received as a gift from Ernest Ingold, Glass of 1909t of San Francisco* Mr, Ingold, who presented the rare volume through the University of Illinois Foundar-tion, was the donor to the Library in 1950 of the first four collected editions of Shakespeare, the famous First, Second, Third, aid Fourth Folios, printed from 1623 to 1625, the 16*40 Poems, and other important Shakespeare works.

The quarto edition of the Merchant of Venice represents the first attempt at collecting Shakespeare1s plays. In the year l6l9t three year*s after the great dramatists death, nine small quartos, each containing a single play, were printed "by William Jaggard in London, The date on the title page reads l600» hut later research has revealed 1619 as the actual year of imprint• It is believed that had the venture for a collected edition been completed, the quartos would have been brought to-gether in one volume. For various reasons, however, the project was not carried through, and it remained for the 1623 First Folio to achieve the first real collected edition.

With the acquisition of The Merchant of Venice, the University of Illinois Library now possesses eight of the nine quartos issued in 1619* Because of their extreme rarity, these volumes seldom appear in the book trade, and to assemble a complete set is a difficult undertaking.

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Also received by the Library from Mr, Ingold were thirty-seven t itles of modern Shakespeareana,, to fill in the Library1s strong collection of critical studies, The ̂ roup includes such diverse items as a Japanese edition of The Tempest, Franklin E, Head!s Shakes-peare1 s Insomnia and the Causes Thereof, an author's presentation copy of the Outline of the Life of Shakespeare by J. 0, Halliwell-Phlllipp, a publisher1s presentation copy of Sonnets of Shakes-peare^ Ghost and Shakespeare*s Home and Rural Life by James Walter, Some of the books are made up chiefly of plates. Outstanding are Ret2sch*g Gallery to Shakespeare1s Dramatic Works, printed in Leipsig in I860, with text in both Ger-man and English, and the Shakespeare Rare Print Collection, a portfolio con-taining 1},6 plates depicting scenes from the plays and famous actors«

THE LIBRARY PRESENTS February 195&

February 6 - Propaganda Dr. J* W, Albig, Professor of Sociology; Chairman of Department of Sociology and Anthropology,

February 13 - Banned Books Dr. R. B, Downs, Director of the Library and the Library School; Professor of Library Science,

February 20 - Censorship of the American Film

Dr, C, Walter Stone, Assistant Professor of Library Science,

February 27 - Lenten Reading Rev, R. G» Dunlop, Associate Director of Wesley Foundation,

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Editors: Madeline Riffey Luther

Reporters: Sam Iden, Jean Lokke, McLaughlin, Lucy Eirable

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Helen Knights, Myra Lytle, Lelia Fancy OtiugMf , and Robert SlccumJ

GOLDHOR TO .WA^SVILLS PUBLIC LIBEffiY On February 1, 1952, Dr* Herbert

Goldhor, Associate Professor of Library Science, will become Librarian of the Evansville (Indiana) Public Library. He succeeds Mr, Arnold Rosaaen, sn Illinois graduate who recently died*

Mr. Goldhor, whose special field of interest in librarianship is that of public libraries, became a member of the Library School faculty in September 195±6 after serving several years in the Army. Previous to his service in the armed forces, Mr* Goldhor received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Graduate Library School. While at Illinois, Mr. Goldhor has taught courses dealing with library administration, larger units of library service, physical problems of libraries and principles of research methods* He also conducted a survey of the Urbana Free Library, supervised the compiling of the Index of Illinois Public Library Circulation and inaugurated and served as editor of the School1s Occasional Papers, since the series be-gan in July 19^9*

Mrs* Goldhor and their two sons plan to join Mr**'Goldhor in Evansville about June 1* They extend an invitation to all their friends to visit them in Evansville*

During the second semester, Mr. Ernest J. Reece will be teaching several of the courses previously taught by Mr* Goldhor*

E01T0ES FOR CHEMISTRY LIBRARIAN Ruth Power, Chemistry Librarian, in

December, was initiated into Iota Sigma Pi, National Honorary for Women in Chemistry, Iodine Chapter, University of Illinois.

E0RKER~LI!TC0LF LIBRARY A major addition to the University

of Illinois Library was presented throu^i the Foundation in November* Dr. and Mrs* Harlan Hoyt Horner of Albany, Hew York, members of the class of 1901, gave their notable Abraham Lincoln collection, to be installed in a Lincoln Room in the University Library, as a Memorial to the Class of 1901*

The Horner collection of Lincolniana recently was ranked by a competent author-ity as the largest Lincoln library in private hands* Numbering about J',500 books, pamphlets, and periodicals, the collection x-epresents a central interest for Dr. and Mrs. Horner for the past twenty-five years, as they have gone steadily ahead assembling every available printed work relating to the Great Eman-cipator, his contemporaries and his times*

!Jhile intended primarily as a work-ing library for the scholar, rather than an accumulation of rare books, the Homers have incidentally acquired hun-dreds of exceedingly scarce and valuable volumes much sought after by wealthy collectors. Further, to supplement the printed materials, the Homers brought together numerous photographs, engrav-ings, manuscripts, and articles relating to Lincoln, all of which are included in the gift*

An important feature of the Horner collection is its wide scope. In keep-ing with the plan of a working library, all materials likely to be needed by a Lincoln scholar have been brought to-gether, e.g*, biographies of Lincoln*s cabinet members and other leaders of the period, histories of the Civil War era, and related work. The comprehensive nature of the collection gives it unique value for anyone engaged in Lincoln research.

It is anticipated that the memorial aspect of the Lincoln Room will stimulate gifts from other members of the Class of 1901 and arsons else interested in Lincoln and his era. Establishment of a permanent endowment through the Founda-tion is planned for the future care and growth of the collection*

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HECENT PPOFESSIORAL UTBEATORB The long-awaited seventh edition of

Mudge!s Guide to Reference Books by Con—, stance Trinchell has now been received in the Library School Library. Complete with revised format and many new entries, it promises to uphold the usefulness of the treasured sixth. Other recent list-ings and discussions in the field of bibliography received in the Library School Library are:

Collison, Robert. Bibliographies, Subject and National; A Guide to Their Contents, Arrangement, and Use. ff.T., Hafnew. I951V

Malcles, L. F* Les sources du travil bibliographique. v.l, Bibliographies generales.; Geneva, Librarie S.Droz, 1950* 3SUp.

An acquisitions milestone in the Library School Library recently was the receipt of the Ph.D. dissertation by Holland E* Stevens. It is the first dissertation to be accepted under the Ph«D. program in library science and is entitled, nThe Use of Library Materials in Doctoral Research; a Study of the Effect of Differences in Research Method.11

(1^9p) Already much interest has been evidenced in this study.

A new series of publications in the field of librarianship has been institu-ted at the University of California. The first number is a study, f,The Use of the Subject Catalog in the University of California Library,* (lSp) by LeRoy C* Merritt. It presents evidence that in spite of theorizing about the superiority of bibliographies, subject catalogs are extensively used*

Librarians will be interested in the new symposium recently published on the use of punched cards. Edited by Robert S* Casey, it is entitled Punched Cards; Their Application to Science and Industry. (Re'inhold, 1951* 50'6p) One section discusses, specifically, library uses. Some other recent materials of interest to librarians in the general field of administration are:

Halsey, George D. Selecting and Inducting Employees. 1T»Y*, Harper, 1951. 36ip.

Tead, Ordway. The Art of Adminis-tration. H* Y., McGraw~Hi11,' 1951. 223p.

During the past year, a new edition of The Book in .America by Hellmut Lehmaiv Haupt was published. (Bowker, 195l# l|'93p) All who have used the first edi-tion and found it valuable will want to examine this.,

ALA MIDWI1TTSR MSSTi:TG The 1952 ALA Midwinter Meeting will

be held in Chicago at the Sdgewater Beach Hotel from January ̂ -February 2.

The University of Illinois Library School Association will hold an informal tea from U*30-6:00 P.M., Wednesday, January 30, in the Sheridan Room, Edge-water Beach Hotel, during the Midwinter meeting*

The Library School will have its Placement Desk at the Midwinter Confer-ence again this year* Conference author ities have advised the School that facil-ities similar to those of the past three years will be available, and we, there-fore, expect to be in the I/est Lounge. Dr. Harold Lone our and Helen Knights will be on hand to aid almni, students, and prospective employers*

All members of the Library School faculty will be attending the Conference for at least part of the time. Several will return early to assist with second semester registration starting January 31.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC T*DRK Mrs. Virginia Saddler has assumed

the editorship of the Pamphlet Bibli-ography column which appears in each issue of the Journalism Quarterly*

Hilda J* Alseth, Engineering Librarian, is a member of the Committee of the Pure and Applied Sciences Section of the Association of College and Refer-ence Libraries of the American Library Association which is preparing a "Recom-mended List of Basic Mechanical Engineer** ing Periodicals*rl

Aim Potter has contributed two abstracts (nos. 7798 and 7S0l) to Psychological Abstracts, vol* 25, December 1951*

A new edition of the Discourses of Epictetus, Book 2 (Bpictete, Sntretiens, Livre II) published in France, has ^oeen reviewed "by Marian Harman in the January 7, 1952* issue of the Classical Weekly*

STAFF LOUHGS Although no date can yet "be designa-

ted for the opening of the Staff Lounge, work on the project is progressing and frequent meetings are being held "by the various committees appointed recently.

Available to all non-academic and academic members of the Library and Library School staff and to Library School students who are members of the Library Club, the lounge is intended to serve not only as a spot for morning and afternoon breaks but also as a location for library social and business meetings and as a place to eat for staff members who bring their lunches*

Since the room will be put to such a variety of uses, providing furniture and equipment for these functions poses the major problem at present* Mary Lois Bull is Chairman of the Equipment and Service Committee* forking with her sere Alice Appell, Florence Dohon, Eleanor Johnson, and Lucy Rumble. The Furnishings Committee is headed by 2ileen Lyons with Winifred Alleman, Barbara Bitting, Rebecca Briggs, and Charles Gifford assisting her*

A questionnaire was recently dis-tributed to potential users of the lounge in order to determine staff opinions on furnishings desired and equipment needed* To date I50 questions naires have been returned. Of the 150, 100 persons expect to use the room for "breaks," 95 persons indicated that they would use coffee, tea or cokes frequently, while others indicated they would nnke infrequent use of such beverages. Only 13 indicated that they would never use the beverage facilities*

76 persons favored the solicitation or purchase of used furniture, while 51 staff members voted against such a pro-posal, 63 persons were willing to donate time for the rehabilitation of such furniture, but 6k others voted flnow to such an idea*

In regard to raising money to buy new furniture, 78 staff members favored the plan; U9 disapproved and 23 gave no answer* If the money raising idea were used, the best plan according to 71

persons would be direct money contribu-tions from the staff members, while 19 persons favored fund-raising events and 12 liked a combination of the two ideas* Some persons indicated that they felt $2~$3 was too large an assessment*

Material for the floor has been ordered and will be installed by the Physical Plant when the flooring arrives, Mr. Downs has donated a davenport, a rug, a piano, and a group of records. A radio-phonograph combination from the Library School Demonstration Laboratory xd.ll be transferred to the lounge* Several tables complete the list of donations to date*

Other committees who are working on the Staff Lounge include: Decorations, Helen Peynolds, Chairman, Frances . Jenkins, Allen Sprow, and Joan Uebsterj Publicity, Helen Knights, Chairman, Kay Draper, and Kathryn Luther; ?fen-Academic Fund, Pat Jeffries, Chairman, Willyne Davis and Sthel Kichbark;. and Arrange-ments for Opening, Dick Chapin, Chairman, Sdith Castor, John~3dberg, Donna Pinger, and Chlorine Hardy*

spppiaaqsiTT go THE DE PJCCI^/ILSOF CENSUS Mr* C* !U Pnye, who with Mrs* Faye

lias been working steadily on the Supplement to the De PJLcci-l/ilson Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, has completed the compilation consisting of material from more than a hundred contributors* The manuscript is now in the hands of Dr* William Jerome Tfilson, co-conpiler of the original Census and now Chief of the Cleveland Branch of the Army Medical Library (History of Medicine Division)* Dr. Wilson has been in close touch with the undertaking throughout and has been asked by the American Council of Learned Societies, under whose auspices the work is being done, to look over the manuscript* It is hoped that the Mediaeval Academy of America will publish the work and the Academy has requested Dr. Downs and Prof. Willi* Jackson of the Houghton Library at Harvard to act as censors.

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-5-EEHS01WSL CHANGES

James Zipprich, a 1951 graduate of the library School was appointed as a Catalog Assistant on January 2. Jo Ann ¥ilesf who has been a half-time Assistant in the Library School, will begin a full-time appointment as a Catalog Assistant on February !• Clara Ann Kuhlman, half** time Assistant in the Acquisition Depart-ment, will change to full-time with the rank of Instructor beginning February 1* Susie L. Theis, Library School student who will receive the M.S. degree in February, has been appointed as Exchange Assistant beginning February 1* Fancy McCullough, a Library School student who has 'been a Student Assistant in Germanic and Romance Languages Library, will replace Ed Chamberlin as a half-time Assistant in the Chemistry Library* Ed has accepted a full-time position in the Business and Technology Division of the Kansas City Public Library beginning February 11. Philip Leslie, also a half-time Assistant in Chemistry Library, who will receive an M.S. in L.S. in February, has resigned* Mrs. Deane Hill, Catalog Assistant, will leave February 1 to accompany her husband to Camp Cook, California. Margit Rignor Stenderup, Catalog Assistant, will resign February and plans to return to her home in Den-mark*

Mrs. Kathleen Draper, Library Clerk-3 in the Library School Library, will resign on January P8 to accompany her husband to Hew Jersey. Mrs. Fata Bakan, Library Clerk-2, will replace Mrs. Lois Draznik in the Engineering Library, and Mrs* Beverly Scott will leave there on February 1* Mrs. Ann Wienman, Library Clerk-2, began working in the Periodical Division on January 3, and *Torma Jean Andrews was transferred as a Library Clerk-2 from the Catalog Department to the Chemistry Library on January 7. Mrs* Dorothy D* Griffith, Library Clerk-2, has 'been transferred from the Commerce Li~ brarv to the University High School Library to repla.ce Mrs* Vera Wigell, who resigned January 1^*

Mrs. Patricia Tatum, Clerk-Typist, has replaced Mrs* Forma Jean Helton, who resigned on December 17 • Mrs. Judith Hill* Library Clerk-?, was appointed to a half-time position in the Circulation Department on January 9* ***£ Mrs. Joyanne Mills of that department will resign

February 1. Mrs. Bonnie J. Pettigrew, Library Clerk-2, will be assigned to Agriculture Library on February 1, to replace Mrs* Betty ¥• Peterson, who is resigning January 31*

WAVY f Wt ITEW S Library Instruction

The new department of Library In-struction and Advisement has completed the first semester of its revised pro-gram of Library Instruction to Rhetoric classes. !Tot including pre-registration "orientation"—attended by 7S7 students as an experiment this fall—instruction was given to all 1651 Rhetoric students*. In all, 95 class periods were taught by four librarians (Mrs. Bird, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Scott, Library Advisors, assisted by Mrs* Strable, Circulation Librarian) during two three-week periods*

The "open-book,11 true-false, "lab-oratory" problems supplementing class discussion-lectures were completely revised; thirty questions, in several versions, were prepared for each course* Ehetoric 101 exercises treat the Undergraduate Library Handbook, parts 6f books, and the use of the card catalog* Those in Rhetoric 102 deal with various reference books and with the process of bibliographical search.

One very satisfactory innovation involved having the students discuss their problems individually with one of the Library Advisors* This, in effect, provided an additional period of instruction on the more personal, indi-vidualized basis which is one of the Library counseling objectives of the nexf departments program*

Plans for the second semester in-clude a third hour of instruction in Ehetoric 102, with concentration on periodicals and indexes; and the contin-uation of supplementary exercises and conferences* The pre-registration "orientation" lecture series will prob-ably not be repeated, at least in its present form.

MAXFI^LD AS EXAMIHER Mr. Maxfield recently served as an

examiner for Illinois State Civil Ser-vice examinations for positions at the State Library*

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D3I01TSTRATI0F LABORATORY The recently remodeled quarters of

the Library School Demonstration Labors*-tory and the work conducted by those re-sponsible for the laboratory represent facilities and research that are unique for most library schools* The new quarters in Room 328 include three separate rooms and have space for stor-age of recordings, and equipment, develop-ment of special exhibit materials, office work, projection and recording, and small group or class meetings* Resources of the lab include an inventory of equipment and materials which range from examples of library furniture to the latest type of tape recorder*

The laboratory was developed in I9U9/5O for the diffusion of audio-visual instruction throughout the curriculum and grew out of earlier work done by Miss Gwladys Spencer and Hiss Alice.Lohrer» To date the four main objectives have been demonstration and display, audio-visual service to the faculty, informal instruction and supervision of special types of research projects* A fifth functioiw-local production of certain types of materials such as filmstrips or recordings in the library field~~is yet to be realized*

Among the special projects which the laboratory supervises at this time are development of a collection of archival recordings, preparation of a union list of non-theatrical films in Illinois and joint sponsorship with Illini Union student activities of monthly film forums* These forums are serious studies of the film as a vehicle of both art and communications and the fall series has been dealing with the historical back-ground of motion pictures featuring films from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art* Several university departments are planning the spring series* To be reintroduced in the spring are film previews presented to enable Library School students to become familiar with materials which they should know about but which do not fit into their regular program*

A feature of the training program has been audio-visual field work avail-able upon application to a limited group of students having special interests or needs in this area* This field work consists of 10-12 hours of intensive

lecture and demonstration in the field and 13-20 hours of practical experience* Beginning with the spring semester, the Library School will offer a new course concerned with A~V service in libraries*

The laboratory work is under the direction of a faculty committee which at present is composed of C* Walter Stone, Chairman, Viola James and Frances Jenkins* Policies of the committee are implemented by Mr* Stone and a staff of three assistants. Recently appointed to new positions as part-time research assistants in the Demonstration Laborer* tory are Miss Juliette Bryson, who will work mostly with service to the faculty, and Mr* Ronald lollaXield, whose work * will be concerned with the supervising and maintenance of laboratory facilities* Both are students in the Library School* Miss Bryson, who is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, has had experi-ence in the Youngstown (Ohio) and Dear-born Public Libraries. Mr. Tollafield received a B*S* in L.S* from Western Reserve and from I9H7--U9 was on the st?ff of the Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland.* Before conin** to the U* of I*, he was Chief of Documents and Continuations at Southern Illinois Universi ty, Carbondale *

umm HOUR Wednesday, January 9

COLLECTING BI&HTEEHTE-C^TUP.Y BOOKS Lloyd F* Kickell

Wednesday, February 6 WITCH HÛ TTIHG FOR MR3Dacators»

Prof* A* % .Anderson Wednesday, February ?0

RESSAECT^G 0!T R00S5V3LT Prof, Frank Freidel

V2T2T>IHARY KEDICIFE LIBRARY Work on the Veterinary Medicine

Library is nearing completion and the Library is expected to be opened for the second semester* Bookcases and furni-ture have been installed and some books from departmental offices, Marian Estep, Librarian, is selecting books to be transferred from the stacks to the new Library in the near future*

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MUSIC LIBRARY KOTOS' The loan period for music (scores)

will he changed on February 1st for group 3 borrowers at the Music Library. The change will NOT be made at the G-eneral Circulation Desk in the General Library* The new period will be for one month, not renewable^ Heretofore renewals have been unlimited, so long as there was no reserve on the piece by another borrower* This meant that students were relying on the library for material they really should buy (recital pieces, etc*), thus defeating the general purpose of the collection to circulate to as large a ntimber of different students as possible*

While en route to a vacation in St* Petersburg, Florida, Mary Lou Little% Assistant Music Librarian, spoke at a convocation of music students at the State University at Tuscaloosa, Alabama* on the set-up of our Music Library and on the Dewey Decimal Classification*

Jay Allen, Music Librarian, attended concurrent and joint sessions of the Music Library Association, American Musi— cological Society, and the Society for Music in Liberal Arts Colleges, held at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, December 27-29* He lost the election for President of MLA to Harold Spivacke, Chief of the Music Division of the Library of Congress* However, the proposed alternate scheme for Dewey M780 which he prepared as Chairman of the Classification Committee was approved for submission to authorities outside the membership, including the Dewey Headquarters, for suggested improvements prior to final approval as official by MLA. The proposed scheme was printed in the December Supplement to Ho tea*

H3E3R3NCE DEPARTMENT NEWS The Reference Department regrets

that Miss Martha Hackman has found it necessary to resign because of the illness of her mother* She has been with the department since 1946*

Miss Ida Robertson presented the radio program on "The Library Presents11

series on December 12, on "Building a Home Library*lt The script had originally been prepared by Miss Hackman who was not able to be present at that time*

ROBERT B* DOWNS Mr, Downs will attend the dedication

ceremonies for the new library at the State University of Iowa in Iowa City on January 25, and he will stay there for the ARL meeting on January 26*

One of the articles in the December issue of the California Librarian is %o Book Should Be Out of Reach" by Mr, Downs* The article concerns bibliographic control and is based on a& address to the Southern District meeting of the California Li-brary Association last fall*

RECENT OCCASIONAL PAPERS No* 24* Hartje, George N* Centralized

Serials Records in University Libraries* Oct* 1951. A former member of the U* of I*

Acquisitions Dept* and now a Cataloger at Washington Universi ty, St* Louis, Mo*, Hartje presents a review of the use of central serials records in nine research libraries* No* 25* Wolfe, Arthur V, A Case Study

in Personnel Selection: A Civil Service Examination for Director of the Chicago Public Library^ Dec* 1951* The Director of Test Construction

Chicago Civil Service Commission* outlines the preparation and administration of the recent examination for Director of the Chicago Public Library*

Copies of the above titles are available upon request in Room 316* Staff members who have manuscripts they believe suitable for this series are invited to present them for consideration to the Library School*

TEXTBOOKS GO TO MILO Mr* Trotier reports that 76 boxes

of textbook material that has been stored in the attic is ready for ship-ment to MILC* The work was done under the supervision of Bob Talmadge and the transfer is expected to be completed in Jaiuary* The Acquisition Department removed all early American imprints which will be processed for the Library*

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VISITOR A recent visitor to the Library and

the Library School was Madame Suzanne Briet, Conservateur-Adjoint at the Bibliothkque Nationals, in charge of bibliographical inform a, t ion services* Madame Briet has been developing training courses for "doc-umentalistes11 and was interested in the similarities between her courses and the courses on reference work and other subjects given and in comparing ideas with American librarians*

EXHIBITS From January 3-30 an exhibit en*-*

titled Civilian Defense Today may be seen in the first floor corridor of the Library. Publications are on display which describe the organization for emergency on national, state, and local levels. Others deal with the effects of atomic warfare on home life, medicine, fire fighting, communications, trans-portation, and various other aspects of modern life*

N3WS FROM CIRCULATION MPARTM31JT Joanna Liu, Junior Library Clerk in

the Circulation Department, was married on December 29th to Charles Liu in Bloomfield, Hew Jersey* Mr. aad Mrs* Liu are both students in Library School. They will make their home at 911 West High, Urbana.

Sugene Holtman, Bookstacks Librarian, reports that the attractive new signs in the stacks giving the location of materi-als were designed by the Art Department of the University of Illinois Press.

Gene also informs us that the shift-ing of books has been completed in the 800 section of the stacks. The 880-899^ are now shelved on the sixth deck of the stacks which relieves much of the crowd-ing on the fifth floor.

The quarto volumes are now shelved together in a special section on each of the following floors: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10.

NEWSPAPER R3F3R31JC3 METHODS A series of lectures has been sub-

stituted for the Introduction to Journalism course formerly offered by the School of Journalism. This course on newspaper reference methods was designed for freshman and Sophomore students prior to their entrance into the School of Journalism. Peeling that the study of newspaper reference materi-als was too far removed from the practi-cal use of these tools, the course was dropped from the curriculum. As a sub-stitute a series of lectures is being given to students in the beginning reporting classes. A four-week study of reference books, consisting of four lectures and two two-hour labs per x̂ eek, has been set up whereby the students get the practical application of news-paper reference methods. Mrs. Virginia Saddler, Journalism Librarian, is con-ducting the series.

LIBRARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PARTY A Library School Christmas party

was held on December 15 at McKinley Foundation. Committee chairman included: Program. John Edberg; Entertainment. Ed Chamberlin; Food. Harriet Stephens; Decorations. Allan Wilson; Invitations* Juliette Bryson; and Reservations. JoAnn Wiles. nDisc jockey0 for the evening was Marion McCaulley, and hostesses were Dorothy Cutler, Katherine Montague* Jeannette Pearson, and Mrs. Frances Jenkins.

A skit was presented by Joan OfKeefe and Ralph Herron. Musical events included a duet by Philip Leslie and Joan Johnson and piano and violin numbers by Betty Krahn and Evalyn Miles. Later Miss Krahn and Mrs. Miles accompa-nied group carol singing* Santa Glaus (portrayed by Richard Farley) and his helper, Rose Vainstein, presented a skit and distributed gifts. Refreshments were served after which square dancing was led by Philip Leslie and Omar Bacon*

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CHRISTMAS CAROLERS On Christmas 2ve a group of

librarians and spouses filled with the Christmas spirit braved the icy blasts to go caroling. The group serenaded at the homes of various faculty members to the accompaniment of Mrs. Jay Allen1 s glockenspiel. Those lending their voices were Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Trotier, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lancour and daughter Joan, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Alien, Miss Rhoda Barry, and Miss Myra Lytle* Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dunlap served coffee to encourage the minstrels. The evening ended at Mr. and Mrs. Downs1 home \tfhere delicious refreshments were served, and all present joined in the sentiments of nGod bless all, our friends here, Merry Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. rt The Aliens hope the caroling can become an annual af f al r*

HEW ARRIVAL A daughter, 3mily Louise Johnson,

was born to the Robert X, Johnsons on December 28. Mr. Johnson is on the staff of the Catalog Department. Mrs* Johnson, the former Loretta Franks, was Assistant Librarian of the Library School Library, 1949-50, and from the time of her marriage until last November was on the staff of the Illini Union Reservation Office•

P3RFIMS FOR MRS. YEHAWIHB Wayne Yenawine held the lucky

number at the December 11th drawing for the bottle of French perfume (Guerlain Les Fleurs) which was raffled off for the benefit of C#A.R.3. A total of $54.16 was contributed to the C#A.R.3. project and packages will be sent to foreign librarians in the near future. Ann Potter and Rebecca Briggs of the Catalog Department were in charge of the project*

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