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Behind the Tools of Industry ...... Ethel llf. Fair Public Affairs Pamphlets - An Experiment in Adult Education Margaret Barry Important Books of the Year - A Symposium by Correspondence . The Use of Services in a Business Library ...Marian C. Manley In Memoriam ...... Dorothy Clough; George S. Maynard; George Ritchie Marvin; Mary Elizabeth Hyde. S.L.A. Goes on Record ...... Conference News ...... Board Meeting Notes ...... Making a Budget ...... Over the Editor's Desk ...... Letters to the Editor ...... Hearings! - Ruth von Roeschlaub; A Worth While Vacation - M. C. Brace; A Regional Survey of Special Collections - Fannie Sheppard; Subject Headings Again to the Fore! - Sarita Robinron. Publications of Special Interest . : ..... Free......

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FEBRUARY 1937

VOLUME 28 NUMBER 2 6 .* SPECIAL LIBRARIES MARIANC. MANLEY,Editor Vol.- 28, No. 2 February, 1937

Behind the Tools of Industry1 By Ethel M. Fair, Director Library School, New Jersey College for Women

OME time ago a General Electric Behind the Tools of Imlm~ryStunds &he S advertisement carried the caption: Library. Behind the Tools of Industry. The ad- One might argue that a better version vertisement showed a mass of steel being would be: Behind the Tools of Industry turned on a lathe and fashioned by means Stands the Scientist. This is true. The of precision tools into an essential part of scientist is the agent through whose mind a valuable machine. The caption together and hand the knowledge is applied. The with the General Electric name left no scientist is familiar with the knowledge; doubt as to the meaning of the picture. he knows how to use each bit; he has ex- The mass of metal in its rough unshaped perimented with each known fact or law state was worth only a few dollars. Re- in its relation to other facts or laws. He shaped, the same metal became a valu- even discovers new facts to add to the able instrument. And the lathe had done store of human knowledge. But, after all, the job. Behind the lathe was electric it is only a certain portion of the sum of power. total knowledge of a field that any scien- But even more than power behind the tist or scientists can keep in mind or at lathe was knowledge. This knowledge hand for immediate use. From the vast which was required to understand elec- store of imformation in any field an in- tricity, to manufacture this power, to dividual can keep at his immediate com- smelt the iron and make the steel, to mand only a small portion. It is necessary design the precision tools that fashioned that there be a system of organization the valuable instrument, -was in itself and selection of the whole so that the ineffectual. But assembled, organized individual, the agent who is to use the and properly applied, it drew the speci- knowledge, may call for or extract just fications for the lathe, it harnessed the that portion pertinent to his immediate electricity, it approved the quality of the need. steel in the mass and it determined the Therefore, I say, that the General use to which the finished product was Electric caption truly amplified will read: to be put. Belcznd the Tools of Industry Stands ihe It is this organized knowledge which Library. The Library, that center for the we should consider. I would like to bor- assembling and organizing and dissemi- row the caption used by the General Elec- nating of information, of the materials tric Company, amplify it slightly, and out of which everything great in this use the name to express our work, since world is fashioned. Once in Milwaukee a

1 baed on a lecture In a courae sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the Spcaal Llbrarlea A~oaatlon,Newark. Aprll 2, 1936. 40 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 distinguished scholar from abroad was take charge of the accumulation. Too being shown through the public library. often when the owners of this mass of He had been taken through the busy accumulated print realize the confusion departments where the public belongs, into which the material has fallen they the impressive rows of volumes and finally call for help from the nearest assistant. was left with the Head Cataloger to fill The nearest assistant is often the private out the allotted time of his visit. The secretary or the correspondence file clerk. Cataloger with rare vision undertook to This able secretary or clerk then finds explain her work, - that portion of himself burdened with a new task for library work usually hidden behind which he has not bargained and for closed doors, performed (as far as the which he has no adequate preparation. library borrower is concerned) by faith- With the help of the expert in the field ful silent workers. When the Cataloger he undertakes to set the mass in order. had finished her story of delving into the The expert's familiarity with the mate- contents of volumes and of picking out rial is needed. Anyone working success- the keys to the contents, and indexing fully with the confused, and confusing them, the distinguished visitor gasped mass must be able properly to identify and said, "Why everything that is im- the component units of it. The secretary portant in the world comes across your himself may be an expert in the field or at desk!" Nowhere else in the world is there least mav be familiar with the terminol- such a channel into which all knowledge ogy. But knowing how to identify the is forced to converge. Everything of even units, knowing how to use each unit when passing importance in the world gets into identified does not imply that knowledge print. And if in print it will be assembled of how to organize each unit in its re- into the library organized to receive it. lation to all others in such a manner that So across the library desk comes every- it will be possible to locate and extract thing that is important in the world. the item when wanted. The librarian is to the unorganized In the past twenty-five years the collection of information what the chem- demand for factual information has in- ist is to a composite substance to.be creased by leaps and bounds. In 1904 Mr. analyzed; what the doctor is to a chart Dana first pointed out the importance of of symptoms; what the scholar is to the this factual information that was stored undeciphered hieroglyphics of a clay away in printed pages. He put his under- tablet. Each item is recognized, classi- standing of this significant fact into oper- fied, recorded and indexed so that its ation in the form of the Business Branch significance in relation to the other items of the Newark Public Library. In 1909 is understood, so that it is properly pre- he brought together a group of librarians served for later examination, and finally interested in making this factual material so that it can be located, and extracted, more available and the Special Libraries and used at any time when called for. Association was formed. There are today, So our interest in the librarian, and in - 27 years after Mr. Dana's christening his education is justified. His preparation of the infant movement, - approxi- demands, and deserves the utmost care, mately 325 special libraries in the New and adequate courses. York Metropolitan District alone, ac- Too often the information in print cording to the Special Libraries Direc- accumulates like a flood, floats this way tory; 1935. and that, settles in heaps and even grows With the passing of the depression, in- old and dirty before anyone is found to dustrial, manufacturing and commercial February, 1937 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 4 1 activities, to say nothing of the political tion in schools and colleges. The chosen groups, - have increased and are seek- field is followed through course after ing much needed information on new as- course. The student majors in electrical pects of old questions, engineering, in chemistry, in history, in Thus the demand is created for a staff architecture, in political science, in mod- of agents qualified to organize existing ern languages, or in biology; or more and currently appearing literature and to highly developed specialization, - medi- select pertinent information. cine, theology, archaeology. If a clerk has been put in charge of Accompanying this major interest are organizing a collection of prints, such a certain basic or related fields. English is clerk follows a system set up by someone basic. Unless an engineer can express familiar with the literature, its organiza- his meaning clearly, accurately and per- tion and potential use. And for a time suasively, his knowledge must (as far the clerk may seem to produce the mate- as his efforts are concerned) remain a rial satisfactorily. But with new material secret. Mathematics is basic. History is coming in, the clerk can only follow basic as giving an interpretation and a blindly the established system. Unable setting for every human idea and event. correctly to identify the intrinsic value of Modern languages are basic because we do unfamiliar literature, she files it under not wish to be so provincial as to think some superficially related heading. The that all knowledge is expressed in Eng- same inadequacy prevents her making lish. Olher subjects may be basic for par- the wisest selection of material when in- ticular fields. formation is wanted. consequently, while Because such academic background is pertinent information may be supplied, essential to organizing and making useful other invaluable material may be irrev- the information of the fields of knowl- ocably lost in the files. edge, all accredited library schools re- Let us consider of what the prepara- quire ample education before the pro- tion of the librarian should consist. fessional course is undertaken. For this Education for Special Librarianship reason the Library School of New Jersey evidently implies three qualifications: College for Women requires its students 1. Knowledge of the material needed. to have had at least three years of work 2. Knowledge of the way it should be in an approved college. classified and arranged. If the student is planning to go into 3. Understanding of the user's need special library work, we recommend very for any portion of the material. strongly that she spends four years in the Underlying these three qualifications pre-professional work, that is, in her ma- must be an atiitude guaranteed to per- jor field. Four years is not too much. All form all the work with the proper goal in the chemistry, all the engineering, all the mind: that is, that the solution of the physics that can be acquired in four problem is not possible until the relevant, years together with the service courses and all of the best of the relevant, in- and the minor fields needed will be found formation on the subject is supplied useful in the tremendous demands on the exactly when needed. special librarian's knowledge and in- genuity. In fact a satisfactory major in A. First, a knowledge of the material some of the departments of science can- needed. not be completed in less than four A knowledge of the literature of the years. field must be obtained by formal educa- To give an illustration of minors con- 42 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 sidered essential, -The Library School fine his studies more closely to one divi- of the New Jersey College for Women sion of the above mentioned courses. He requires two years of English in college, is therefore in position to prepare himself two sciences, two modern languages, more intensively in his chosen field. But - psychology, and a choice of economics, who is able to say where the limits of political science or sociology. Any one that field lie? He chooses chemistry. of these fields may be chosen as a major. He finds that his explorations in chem- But if not chosen as a major then there istry are limited unless he has at least must be the introduction to the subject a reading knowledge of German. He as indicated above. We believe that there finds later that his chemistry is to be is a definite reason for familiarity with applied to foods and therefore he must every one of these fields or subjects. TObe know biology. His interests lead him into sure, there is no subject under the sun the commercial phase of foods and he which may not be used in serving the finds it necessary to know how to locate reading public. But the subjects men- and interpret patents which might con- tioned give the broadest base for explora- cern his product. He becomes involved tion in all fields. in the marketing end of the work and he This general preparation cannot be too finds himself at a disadvantage unless he strongly insisted upon. If the library knows the facilities for refrigeration or professional technique is acquired with- the regulations on less-than-carload lots out a sound knowledge of how material of freight shipments. is needed and used, the library will have It would seem, then, as though it the reputation of being a system of rules. would be wise for the special librarian to The librarian sees the mechanism of clas- give himself the same orientation to the sification, of order, of system and fails to general divisions of knowledge as the see that the real substance of the service general librarian has so that he will have is the information or the book. a basis for further study in any of the It is clear that no one person can be- fields likely to be needed. In other words, come a scholar and an expert in more specialization before good ground work than one or two of these fields. This is the in an education is acquired is unwise. baffling obstacle to librarians. The world In the accredited library schools, the of print does not limit itself to certain policy has been to build up basic knowl- fields of knowledge. Borrowers of books edge of the subject before permitting a do not restrict the range of their inter- narrower focus of specialization. This ests. Librarians, therefore, find them- basic work gives a broader understand- selves forced to know something of as ing of all library service. It makes it many of these fields as possible. For this possible for a librarian to move from one reason the best general preparation for field of service tcj another, to recognize the course in librarianship is orientation the basic tools and organization in any in the social sciences, the sciences, the library, and to find himself in any library arts and languages with a major interest situation. selected and pursued as intensively as Add to this academic curriculum the possible ~ithinthe four years of college professional. This is to be obtained in the work. Library School. Here the technical abil- Just here is where the special librarian ity for organizing knowlcdge into proper may have the advantage over the public units and making it work is acquired. li!mrian. The field in which he may How does the professional curriculum cilcose to ~orkmay permit him to con- accomplish this? February, 1937 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 43

All well organized work and every pro- students, are they under or over 25 years of fession makes some use of techniques. age; are they under or over 45, 65 years of age? Listing the key information books: Orienta- The chemist applied an appropriate tech- tion in the important summaries, anthologies, nique to keep his chemicals in condition, to indexes, abstracting journals, bibliographies, extract the exact quantities of the proper sub- handbooks, encyclopedias of all the major stances, to relate the elements in such a man- fields of knowledge. ner as to produce reliable and desired results. A study of indexing, - That is, determining The physician can recognize the combina- the proper key words by which to label the tion of symptoms which identify each disease; contents of any printed item. This is for the can subject these symptoms to the proper all-important purpose of being able to locate analysis to determine the exact treatment for the item or the topic in the printed work when the special case; and even carries his technique it is needed. so far as to determine his bedside manner. Or this indexing may take the form of a The statistician knows how to determine proper selection of the caption, topic, or sub- the formulae by which to check his findings. ject heading to be affixed to a file folder by The successful social worker recognizes with which to fit the material in this folder into the the aid of a technique the characteristics of the remainder of the collection. delinquent girl, or identifies an environmental It is to be remembered that no index, catalog condition which affects the otherwise normal or labeled file can take the place of a gocd individual. mind and a good memory. But after all, a good The agent who shall suc~essfullyrecognize, mind and a good memory has limitations and organize and mobilize for use Ue information the collection does grow; and a new librarian requisite to an immediate piece of work must may come in to take up the work and will be likewzse have command of techniques. dependent upon the techniques of organization which have been applied to the collection. The basic professional courses are: Then there are the methods of organization A study of examples of typical titles from all of the library to be studied so as to find the the fields of knowledge - not merely to find answers to such questions as: out what these books say but how they say it What furniture is best? for the reader who is going to use it. What systems are used in other libraries? A study of book production - the history of How does one handle the budget of the de- books and book collections - a realization partment, the monthly accounts? of the presence of treatises on agriculture, on How should the clerical work of the depart- medicine, on astrology, from the clay tablets ment be organized? of Nineveh up to the history of modern book How and to what extent is specialization of production. the service carried out? Identifying the important publishers in various countries, what type of material they Notice that these professional courses publish; how to evaluate the probable worth of do not imply speckaliealiolt withirt the a listed publication by the name of the pub- library field. The library schools real- lisher. ize the folly of offering preparation, for a Discovering what special sources of printed narrowly limited type of service - pre- information there are: the publications of so- mature specialization. It is no more sensi- . cieties and associations (where to find the ble to study library service to municipal official names and addresses of such societies officials without knowing general library and associations) ; the output of city, state, and tools and service than it is to try to learn federal departments; what educaiional, com- mercial, industrial or manufacturing institu- algebra without having studied arith- tions issue publications. metic, or organic chemistry before having A study of what groups make most use of studied the general principles of chemis- printed materials and in what way. Are they try; or trying to understand modern 44 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 history without a background of medi- rial which she could not supply within eval or world history. her own library collection. It meant not Furthermore, specialization in one having to fumble for information when field of library work without a knowledge outside of her own library. of this field in relation to the whole is like Library work cannot be put into performing one operation in a highly capsules so that one could take the mechanized factory. It may be possible capsule for engineering libraries, for to perform that one operation mechani- historical libraries, for hospital libraries. cally and perfectly but the work is stulti- The whole of knowledge is too intricately fying. related. I asked a special librarian who has had Furthermore, specialization in one field the full library school course what ad- will not fit for another field, -e.g., vantage the extensive course gave her. Chemistry senrice will not fit the libra- She replied that it made her feel at home rian for historical research; home eco- in the presence of all kinds of keys to nomics for French. There must be the information and to know the usefulness bridging from one of thesefields to the other of this or of that key. It enabled her to through orientation courses in the respcc- direct the search being made by others tive jields and through a general course in in libraries other than her own for mate- the world of organized print.

Public Affairs Pamphlets An Experiment in Adult Education By Margaret Barry Public Affairs Committee, Washington, D. C.

ODAY perhaps more than ever of these investigations, but for the aver- Tbefore an increasing proportion of age intelligent citizen these offer no help the population has a real desire to be- in his search for information. They are come well informed on the social and eco- often long, technical and expensive and nomic problems which face the nation. presuppose a background of knowledge People are anxious to get facts; they not possessed by the layman. Too fre- want to know the facts about the relief quently, if not always, published re- problem, social security legislation and search studies seem to the layman the the Constitution and Supreme Court. works of scholars for the use of other But wanting to know and learn is only scholars in the same limited field. half the battle. The more difficult half is What the intelligent layman found al- how and where to get the desired infor- most impossible to secure was the pub- mation in the limited time available lished results of scholarly work in some after the dav's work is over. form he could use. Information about current problems The Public Affairs Committee was exists. For many years our leading univer- organized with this idea in mind. Its sities and research foundations have members are representatives of some of been engaged in carrying on investiga- the country's leading research organiza- tions in the social sciences. Volumes have tions in the social sciences. Raymond been published setting forth the results Leslie Buell, President of the Foreign February, 1937 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 45 Policy Association is Chairman. Harold for ten cents each, or a subscription to G. Moulton, President of the Brookings the series of 12 can be had for $1.00. Institution is its Treasurer. Francis Exceptionally low rates are offered on Pickens Miller is executive Secretary. quantity lots. Public Affairs Pamphlets Other members are: Lyman Bryson of are written in lucid, non-technical lan- Columbia University; Evans Clark, Di- guage and are illustrated by Neurath rector, Twentieth Century Fund; Fred- charts. They attempt to make clear to erick V. Field, American Council, Insti- the reader the fundamental problems, tute of Pacific Relations; William T. interpretations and suggested solutions Foster, Director, Pollak Foundation; set forth in some of the best contempo- Luther Gulick, Institute of Public Ad- rary research studies. ministration; Felix Morley, Editor, Three additional pamphlets are now in Washington Post; George Soule, Na- preparation on the costs of medical care, tional Bureau of Economic Research. cooperatives, and readjustments required The Committee has undertaken to for recovery. Others are planned which publish in a series of pamphlets, digests will deal with various aspects of con'tem- of the more important research studies porary life in the United States. on contemporary social, economic and The success of the Public AffairsPam- governmental problems. Through these phlets is evidence of the existence of a pamphlets the Committee presents to need for the kind of information they the public reliable, objective information supply. It is evidence, too, of the degree concerning the problems of our day and to which Public Affairs Pamphlets fill familiarizes the public with the basic the need. During the first eight months economic, social, and governmental struc- following the publication of the first ture of the United States. In other words, pamphlet, 210,000 copies were sold. the Public Affairs Pamphlets bridge the Every state in the United Stat% was gulf which has existed between the expert represented among purchasers. Individ- who gathers facts and the layman who uals bought them in large numbers- wants to get these facts and is in a lawyers, editors, newspapermen, pro- position to use them. fessors, students, businessmen, manufac- Wherever possible pamphlet material turers and teachers. Public and special is derived from an already published re- libraries have bought them in increasing search study. In some cases the pamphlet numbers. The Committee has been for- is derived from more than one study, but tunate in having the wholehearted inter- in no case does the Committee inject its est of, Mrs. Beatrice Sawyer Rossell, as own opinion or theory on the subject expressed by her in the Journal of the under consideration. The Committee's American Library Association of which primary objective is to act as a medium she is editor. The Committee feels that for condensing the findings of existing perhaps the public library will offer the research organizations and disseminating most satisfactory medium for acquaint- the results over as broad a field aspossible. ing the public with its publications. The publication of an inexpensive Already some libraries are experimenting pamphlet series was chosen as the most with the sale of pamphlets, in addition advantageous way to achieve the Com- to carrying them on their shelves. This mittee's aims. Pamphlets are short: in experiment is being watched with great the Public Affairs series each pamphlet interest, not only by the Committee, but averages 32 pages in length. Public Af- by persons interested in problems of fairs Pamphlets are economical: they sell adult education. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 Recently after consultation with offi- in other words, tried to fulfill its func- cials of the U. S. Office of Education and tion of making available to the layman the American Library Association, the the work of experts, but in a form which Public Affairs Committee organized the the average, intelligent layman can read. Pamphlet Distribution Sewice which The Committee feels that in doing this acts as a clearing house between the it is making a contribution to the solu- consumer and the publisher. It receives tion of the problem of building up in this quantity orders from the consumer and country an intelligent, well informed re-directs them to the proper publishers. body of public opinion. This was undertaken because the Public The Committee published its first Affairs Committee believed that there pamphlet last March. Eight others have was a need for some agency through since come from the press, while three which adult education groups, forums more are in preparation. A list of the ti- and libraries could order pamphlets pro- tles, with note of the source material duced by various publishers and organi- from which each was derived, will give zations. Because of its non-partisan an idea of the range of subject covered, character and its primary interest in the the timely present-day problems touched development of pamphlet distribution on, and the authoritative character of the Public Affairs Committee appeared the study abstracted: to be the logical agency to undertake such a service. 1. " Income and Economic Progress" The Committee is now working on a A digest of the four volume study by the Brookings Institution of the same plan whereby 30 libraries chosen by the name. American Library Association and Office 2. "Labor and the New Deal" of Education will have on display a com- An abstract of the Twentieth Century plete selection of pamphlets listed in the Fund's study, "Labor and the Govern- Index of the Office of Education. It is ment." hoped that the interest stimulated among 3. "Our Government-For Spoils orServiceZ9' local leaders and groups in the 30 cities Derived from the Institute of Public where the pamphlets will be available for Administration's study, "Better Gov- reference will be such as to encourage ernment Personnel." other libraries to adopt similar programs 4. "Security or the Dole?" in the future. Prepared in codperation with the staff The members of the Public Affairs of the Committee on Social Security Committee serve in their personal capac- and the Social Science Research Coun- ity and not as representatives of their cil. respective organizations. The organiza- 5. "Credit for Consumers'' tions with which they are connected are Based on reports by Indiana, Wisconsin in no way responsible for the policies of and Massachusetts investigating com- the Committee. missions, Report of the Massachusetts In preparing the pamphlets the mem- Committee on Consumer Credit, and Studies by the Russell Sage Foundation, bers of the Committee have borne in Twentieth Century Fund and other mind the Committee's objective of sew- agencies. ing as a medium for the dissemination of 6. "South's Place in the Nation" the results of expert knowledge regarding Based on the "Southern Regional public issues. It has insisted upon abso- Study" sponsored by the Southern lute reliability of content, objectivity of Regional Committee of the Social presentation and lucidity of style. It has, Science Research Council. February, 1937 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 47

7. "The Supreme Court and the Constitution " in cooperation with the staff of the The only pamphlet in the series not de- Committee on Social Security of the rived from published research studies. Social Science Research Council. It is an original contribution of Pro- 9. " Restless Americans" fessor Robert E. Cushman of Cornell A digest of the study, "Migration and University. Economic Opportunity," published un- 8. "This Question of Relief" der the auspices of the Wharton School A summary of available data, prepared of Finance and Commerce.

Important Books of the Year A Symposium by Correspondence (Continued) An engineering librarian writes interference and its sufipression; Sars- The Vail Library at the Massachusetts field, L. C. H., Electrical engineering in Institute of Technology supplies the radiology; Vigoureux, P., and Webb, C. technical literature needs of the Electri- E., Principles of electric and magnetic cal Engineering Department, both fac- measurements. ulty and students, in the development Two textbooks which are really more and study of the basic course in the than textbooks, in both subject matter theoretical principles of electricity, and and arrangement, are: Puchstein, A. F., in the subsequent professional courses in and Lloyd, T. C., Alternating current the application of these principles to machinery; Moon, Perry, The scientific electrical engineering practice. In other basis of illuminating engineering. Another words, our viewpoint is educational and book which gathers together in one con- technical. venient volume material hitherto widely 1936 has been a rather prolific year for scattered is: Harwood, P. B., Control of publications in the electrical engineering eleclric motors. field, and, although there has been the The New Wiley Handbook Series is a usual duplication in general textbooks, most valuable addition to our reference some quite outstanding books of a more shelves, the two-volume edition of Pen- highly specialized nature have appeared. der's Electrical engzneering handbook be- From England, for example, have come ing, of course, specially important for our two more volumes in that excellent series needs. Its expansidn into two volumes - of Monografihs on electrical engineering: v. 1, Electric power; and v. 2, Electric MacGregor-Morris, J. T., and Henley, communication and electronics - has J. A., The cathode ray oscillogm@h;Robin- made possible the addition of a tre- son, D. M., Dielectric phenomena in high mendous amount of up-to-date informa- voltage cables. The aim of these mono- tion. The first volume of the Handbook graphs - " to give a modern orientation Series, Eshbach's Handbook of engineer- of a particular subject within the con- ing fundamentuls, is a masterpiece of fines of a small book" - has been ade- compilation. quately carried out by these authors who Doherty, R. E. and Keller, E. G., have correlated much valuable material Mathematics of modern en~ineering.This hitherto available only in periodical lit- is the published form of material used in erature. Other noteworthy books from the General Electric Company's Ad- English presses are: Reyner, J. H., Radio vanced Course. The title page states: 48 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 "One of a series written in the interest of mentioned J. H. Magee's General In- the Advanced Course in Engineering of surance, an excellent text-book for stu- the General Electric Company," and it is dents; P. D. Betterley's Buying Insur- to be hoped that more of the Technical ance; a poblem of business management, Notes now used in that course in mimeo- giving fundamental facts of risk analysis, graphed format will appear in print. loss causes and control, policy provisions From German publishers have come and interpretation, insurance carriers more of those volumes -some of them and insurance procedure, explained from very slender - which are so meticulously the buyer's viewpoint rather than that of complete and stimulating in their very the underwriter and John E. Reed's In- thoroness. For example: Hollmann, H. surance; a general text-book, published in E., Physik und Technik der Ultrakurzen London. Wellen: v. 1, Erzeugung ultrakurzwelliger Fire insurance has been well repre- Schwingunger and v. 2, Die ultrakurzen sented this year, both in books and pam- Wellen in der Technik; Espe, W., und phlet material. The newly revised edition Knoll, M., Werkstoffkunde der Hoch- of the Crosby-Fiske-Forster Handbook of vakuumlechnik. (Including a bibliography fire @rotection is a welcome and valuable of 900 references on Properties of mate- aid to those interested in fire protection. rials.) The purpose of Arthur L. Abbott's Many more titles could be added to National electrical code handbook, based this list which merely cites a few high- on the 1935 edition of the National lights of the year 1936. It is hard for the Electrical Code, is to make clear to the literature to keep up with the technique reader the general plan, scope and intent in a field which is developing so rapidly of the N. E. C. and changing so constahtly as the field of The Weekly Underwriter has put out electrical engineering. Technical theory Fire insurance by stutes - 1900 to 1935, a must be proved conclusively before it most excellent contribution but beyond can be recorded on the printed page - the reach of any but plutocratic libraries. and perhaps, the very day after publica- The Glens Falls handy book, in a newly tion, a new development will appear! revised form and cheerful red cover, is an It is a fascinating study for librarian, as inspiration and aid to fire insurance well as research worker. -Ruth McG. agents. Lane, Vail Library, Massachusetts Insti- Some interesting books in the fire in- tute of Technology. surance field, published in London, are: Electricity and fire risk, by E. S. Hodges; An insurance librarian writes Technology of $re insurance and guide to In attempting to give a summary of the $re insurance surveying, by John Howard- literature in the insurance field for the Blood; Bernard C. Remington and Her- past year, I must turn at once to that bert C. Hurren's Dictionary of $re insur- well-nigh invaluable quarterly digest, ance; a comprehensive encyclopedia of the Insurance Book Reviews. My chief con- laru and principles of fire insurance and cern is fire and casualty insurance, and home and foreign practice; and J. J. their allied lines, so this article will be Williams and Maurice Butler's Common confined to publications in these fields features of fire heard; a textbook on com- entirely. mon Imzards and general hazards of in- Among the books coming out this year dustry. in the United States and England, not Among the pamphlet material which confined to one type of insurance, may be has been published this year by the February, 1931 SPECIAL ,LIBRARIES 49 National ,Board of Fire Underwriters is insurance, is a timely contributio~ldis- Termites and their relation to the fire cussing, as it does, the national standard hazard. The National Fire Protection policy provisions in detail. Association has put out, as usual, a large Federd jlirisdictwn and the compensa- number of enlightening and helpful tion acts, by Clarence W. Hobbs, is a pamphlets. Among these are: Church mimeographed treatise of 69 pages fires, Fire prevention and protection as largely devoted to the Federal and Mari- applied to hotels, Care of fire hose, Proleo time Jurisdiction of the United States, lion of records, Stundard for construction with a table of consti'eutional provisions, and inslallation of spark arresters for treaties and statutes. It is well indexed. chimneys and slacks, Fire record of dwell- Insurance Book Rewiews, published ings, and Fireworks casualties and regu- quarterly by the Insurance Group, will lations. supply all the missing links that I have L. J. Scott's Electrical fire hazards con- neglected to forge. Since a member of the tained in Lectures on insurance, published Insurance Group is responsible for her by the Insurance Institute of America, particular subject, the result is a quar- is good material. Publications in the field terly publication which completely covers of Casualty insurance have not lagged publications in the Fire and Marine, behind, though they are largely confined Casualty, Suretyship and Life insurance to pamphlets and brochures. E. W. fields. - Caroline I. Ferris, Insurance Sawyer's new book, Automobile liabzlity Society of Philadelphia.

The Use of Services in a Business Library1 By Marian C. Manley Branch Librarian, Business Branch of the Newark (N. J.) Library

What Is a "Service "? piling and publishing for genera2 distribu- N CONSIDERING the question of tion, data and statistics on given subjecls, I services and their use, the first point and which infornzation is kept up-to-date to be settled is a definition. The particu- by regularly revised and supplemental lar use understood in the sense of this data." This particular definit~on,while article is not given in the latest edition of perhaps not as smooth as one might Webster's Unabridged. The expression is wish, seems to fit the situation. used, but the word is not defined, in a Why Have Services Developed? number of books on financial problems. It is only in the last few years that The only definition that have dis- I people have felt the need of selective in- covered is that given in the 1931 publica- formation on certain subjects, published tion of the Special Libraries Association, by reliable authorities and kept up-to- "The Handbook of Commercial and date at regular intervals. It is because of Financial Services." In the foreword to this need that the development of serv- that manual, "Service" is defined as that ices has proved to be an active minor in- information distributed by individuals or dustry. To quote from the "Financial companies who make a business of com- Handbook," "Certain types of informa- 1 Bard on a lecture In a courae sponsored by the New tion are required constantly for the Jersey Chapter of the Spedal Librarlea Aaaooatlon, New- ark. Nov. 16. 1936. proper planning and preparation of ad- 5 50 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 vertising campaigns, for new business expenditures of certain advertising con- campaigns, for bankers and brokers who cerns, and the building reports. Other wish to be kept informed of affairs of types that have a relation to all industry corporations and of the stock market, are the management services and the and for anyone wishing to keep in touch legislative and tax services. These may with affairs directly or indirectly affect- not be essential, however, for most of us, ing business." since much of the management material Services have developed for the same may be obtained through magazine reasons that the Special Libraries As- sources, and the tax and special legisla- sociation and special libraries developed ; tive services are more apt to need author- that is to provide for intensive treatment itative interpretation, and are frequently of many different fields of knowledge. therefore, a part of the accounting or legal departments. What Are the Values of Seruices? What are the values of services to the The Place of Services i7z the Library average user? There are three logical The public or special librarian, and groupings in considering the many that particularly the special librarian, should are published. Certain services are vital be as generally familiar with the broader to every individual. They have basic in- business services as she is with such formation that is essential in the profit- basic tools as the encyclopaedia, the able management of investments. Cer- United States Catalog of Books in Print, tain other services are essential in any the Dewey Decimal Classification, or the contact with industry. Still others give city directory. These services provide intensive treatment to special fields of certain information that is, in many cases, industry and are of little interest to those part and parcel of our every day work. in other lines. Because each individual's contact with Advertising Services the management of funds through insur- Since so much has been written about ance or stocks and bonds is inevitable, the financial services, we will consider, every user of a library should be intelli- first, others important in organizing in- gent in the use of insurance services, and formation work, as, for example, the ad- investment manuals. These services are, vertising services - the Standard Ad- perhaps, the most essential from the in- vertising Register or the National Di- dividual standpoint. rectory of Advertisers. The group useful for the whole field of Both of these are divided into a large industry includes the financial services main volume and supplements. In the because of their interpretation of indus- Standard Advertising Register the main trial movements; such services as the volume consists of data on national ad- Standard Advertising Register or the Na- vertisers arranged by industry. These tional Directory of Advertisers, because entries include, wherever possible, the of their presentation of key industrial name of the president, the vice-presi- organizations; and such governmental dents, the advertising manager, research services as Kiplinger and Whaley-Eaton, directors, the purchasing agents, and because of their relation of government other officers. They analyze the type of activities to progress in industry. advertising used, give the approximate The special industry services that are yearly budget for advertising, and the nnt so generally needed are the commod- capitalization of the company, etc. This ity services, the more careful analyses of volume has an alphabetical index, but February, 1937 SPECIAL L the main .entries are arranged by broad libraries or who might be interested in industries and minor subdivisions. Be- our special library developments. Any sides the alphabetical index there is a number of times we have used the trade trade name index. This volume is supple- name section to find out who makes mented by an Agency List, which is an what, and the address of the maker. The alphabetical list of the advertising agen- other day one of our patrons, who is in- cies in the country and their accounts. terested in doing industrial photography The third volume in this series is a Geo- and had been successful in taking some graphical Index to National Advertisers. pictures of a large industrial plant in The National Directorv of Advertisers Newark, came here for other leads. service is arranged in the reverse method. Through the Standard Advertising Rep- That is, the main volume is arranged ister, she could find out not only what geographically rather than by industry. other companies in similar lines had the A great value of these particular serv- same advertising agency, but also what ices is not so much their help to the ad- other advertising agencies were handling vertising profession, but that they pro- accounts of this particular kind. vide a selective list of the outstanding In other words, these special advertis- industrial organizations in the country. ing services can be of great value in get- Because the Standard Advertising Regis- ting a line on personnel, on industry, on ter arranges its list by industry, we have expenditures, or on regional develop- a selective list of the majority of the ments. An advertising library would principal firms in any type of industry, probably add services such as Media with the names of the personnel and with Records, Standard Rate and Data, and some indication of the size and the scale other expensive publications giving more of the expenditure of that business. The statistics of the industry. For our purpose National Directory of Advertisers, on the these are not essential, but the so-called other hand, gives this same information advertising services that I have discussed by geographical sections so that these are as valuable to us as our city directory two volumes provide mailing lists for a or Thomas' Register. We subscribe to ad- geographical section or for an industry. vertising services not because we wish They are keys to the leading companies the specific information about advertis- in any section or any field. Of course the ing, but because the information fur- value of a trade name index is apparent nished by such publications as the Stand- to anyone. The agency volume is im- ard Advertising Register and the Na- portant in that it shows what agencies tional Directory of Advertisers has a specialize in certain types of business, broad general bearing on industry. and indicates the leading advertising agencies in the country. Rinanciul Services These advertising services are used by The financial services are in a class by us only occasionally for their advertising themselves for their number, their com- data, but frequently for their arrange- prehensiveness, their reliability. V7e all ment of industries. For instance, I have know the outstanding publishers. The used them as mailing lists for the large material that they publish falls into industrial firms in the country in getting several, groups. First, the manuals will1 data for the Business Information Study. company reports; second, the weekly I have used the geographical arrange- supplements or revisions of these man- ment to make an intensive study of the uals giving quarterly reports; third, the companies in this region who might have divisions that cover business conditions SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, NO. 2 generally and conditions in industries; and Kiplinger in Washington. Here, we fourth, the special industrial reports or use Kiplinger and we find it an eminently statistical analyses. Besides these, there useful rbsurnb of what is going on. are the purely advisory weekly services. Whaley-Eaton seems to provide an ex- These services are of great value both to cellent service, especially for foreign news. the individual and to the student of cur- rent affairs. They give broad, general re- Specialized Services ports on business conditions; they give Among the insurance services we have specific data on certain industries; they Best's Insurance Reports, Spectator In- give specific data on certain companies. surance Reports, Flitcraft Compendium. Through their careful use, the inquirer The reports of Best and Spectator, for can get comprehensive data on the in- instance, cover the annual reports, finan- dustries in a certain section or the indus- cial statements, general standing, offi- tries of a certain type. cers, methods of doing business, of life The use of these financial services is insurance companies and liability, cas- basic for the individual in that through ualty and fire insurance companies. them he may get the best possible judg- They are expensive publications, but one ment on the appropriate investment of of the biggest forms of investment in this his funds. Every individual should under- country is insurance - all types of in- stand these financial services for his own surance. We not only believe in providing personal benefit. The financial services for contingencies, but we use insurance as are also basic tools for any general busi- an investment. These insurance reports ness library in that they provide the all provide the librarian and the user of the around facts on industry. Poor's, Moody's, library with accurate, unprejudiced in- Standard Corporation Records, all give formation about companies and about financial reports on the companies broken differentforms of policies. These manuals down so that certain factors can be com- are not keys to general business, as are pared for various companies. the advertising services, but they are as Industry studies as given by Fitch and important from the investment stand- by Standard Statistics Trade and Se- point as Poor's, Moody's, Fitch, and curities Service are extremely important Standard Statistics in their specialized in understanding the progress of industry financial field. Since insurance is almost a in different sections. For example, New- first investment for anyone, the insur- ark has certain outstanding industries - ance reports should be as available as leather, chemicals, electrical manufactur- any other financial report. They are per- ing, foundries. The reports on the condi- haps not as essential in a general business tion in these industries can to a certain library for the everyday work of the extent help us to understand current library, but for the financial maturity of trade conditions in the community. the individual librarian, familiarity with Much of the industrial background can, these services is as important as familiar- therefore, be gained through an intelli- ity with her own bank account. gent interpretation of the information in It is extremely satisfactory to be able these manuals. to refer people to such reports, and it is as essential for the millions of policyholders Covernmenl Progress Swvzces to know that such information is avail- An important service is the news com- able as it is for them to know that they ment on governmental activities pro- can check up on the rating of their stocks vided by such agencies as Whaley-Eaton and bonds. February, 1937 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 53 Construclion Reports are filed on the shelves under "Trade Another type of service that is very Directories." greatly used at the Business Branch is Service publishers go so far in the preparation of their material that little that of the construction reports. These additional work is needed in the library. are needed " hot-off-the-press." The users The weekly material must be filed and are in -the Branch early to study possi- filed with care, but once the method is bilities and go off to submit bids. understood by the assistant in charge, Methods of Accessioning Services that moves along serhnely. Since services have not only gone in for Points in Selecting Services specialized treatment, but are also so In selecting the services for a general well adapted to their particular problem, business library, we must take into con- in most cases all that is needed to make sideration the general standing for relia- the service available and useful is paying bility -maintained by any company, we the subscription and filing the service in a must consider the frequency of issue of specific place. We concentrate the finan- the main volume and supplementary cial services on the Investment Table. data, we must consider the inclusiveness The current material is easily filed ac- of the information given, the sectional cording to the editorial instructions and development, and the effective arrange- the out-of-date material is as easily dis- ment of material to get an all around use. carded. The sets of which we keep a file, Many of the services, of course, have Poor's, Moody's, etc., move on to their stood the test of time and we can feel permanent abiding place as new volumes reasonably safe in dealing with the long come. No cataloging is necessary. Noth- established firms in each field. When a ing is necessary but stamping the man- new service is developed, we must con- uals with the Business Branch stamp. sider in what way their presentation dif- The Standard Advertising Register and fers from that of any other company and the insurance reports are considered that how well equipped the company is to part of our trade directory collection and carry on its work.

In Memoriam Dorothy Clough Division of the Boston Public Library, ~i~~ ~~~~th~clough, Librarian of the died at the home of a brother in Wil- Institute of Ophthalmology (Medical mington, Delaware, on January 18, five Center), passed away in November after days before he would have attained his a short illness from pneumonia. 64th birthday. He retired from library Miss clough had just joined the Spe- service two years ago. Born in Newport, cial ~ib~~~i~~~~~~~i~ti~~,N~~ york Rhode Island, the son of Rear Admiral Chapter. The activities of the Biological Washburn U. S. N.1 he was sciences group of that chapter held graduatedfrom JohnsHopkinsUniversity particular interest for her. in 1896, and for some years was associ- ated with the General Electric Company George S. Maynard at Schenectady. In 1915 he graduated GeorgeS. Maynard, for nearly twenty from the New York Public Library years in charge of the Special Libraries School, and the next year entered the 5 * 54 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28. No. 2 service of the Boston Public Library. tablished a printing business in Boston He is survived by his wife, who was which continued for more than a century, Katherine O'Neil of Schenectady, and Mr. Marvin spent some years in it. When has been prominent in Special Libraries he sold his interest in the business in 1927, Association activities, and by two broth- Mr. Marvin retired with a competence ers, Edward W. Maynard of Wilming- and made a journey around the world. ton, and Robert W. Maynard of Boston. In 1932 he was appointed to the posi- Mr. Maynard has been for many years a tion with the Bostonian Society which he member both of the Special Libraries held up to the time of his death. He was a Association and the American Library member of Special Libraries Association Association. and the American Library Association. George Ritchie Marvin Mr. Marvin was host to the Boston Chapter, S. L. A. at its November meet- George Ritchie Marvin, secretary and ing in the home of the Bostonian Society curator of the Bostonian Society of in the famous Old State House. Boston, died January 18, after an illness of five weeks, aged 57. Following his Mary Elizabeth Hyde graduation from Hamilton College, where Many students who profited by the he received the degrees of A.B. and A.M., teaching of Miss Mary Elizabeth Hyde he spent a year at the Albany Library at Simmons College, heard with regret of School, and entered library work with the her death in Palo Alto on July 23, 1936. New England Historic Genealogical So- Miss Hyde's professional contributions ciety in Boston. Subsequently he served in her work at Simmons College were on various committees of that society notable. She had retired in June after and also compiled a bibliography of many years on its faculty and interested diaries in the collections in its library. association with the Boston Chapter Grandson of Thomas R. Marvin who es- of the S. L. A.

S. L. A. Goes on Record! EVEN years ago the Special Libraries contrast between the 1930 edition of the S Association printed its membership list and the 1937. These printed records list. Now, in the spring of 1937, another are a revelation in showing the wide- membership list will come off the press. spread nature of the membership of This will be dated as of March 31, 1937. S.L.A. and are of great value in en- The Executive Board has approved its abling group chairmen to develop the publication. The list will be alphabetical active workers in their groups. by the name of the members. It will give Every member of the Association the company affiliation and address. Be- whose 1937 dues have been paid will re- sides the address, the entry will record ceive a copy of the membership list on the type, whether institutional, active or publication. Other copies will be dis-. associate membership. As this will be tributed to members on the receipt of purely a Special Libraries Association their dues. This membership list is purely membership list, neither subscribers nor for the information of the members and local members will be included. will not be sold. The growth of the membership since The contents of the list will prove an 1930 will be graphically displayed by the interesting guide to the membership February, 1937 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 5 5 make-up of the Association. The Board applies not only to her individual stand- decided to defer its publishing until ing, but also to other changes, of which March 31st so that the chapter presi- she has cognizance. Will every member dents and membership chairmen might do all she can to make this list correct have the opportunity to enroll, before the and representative? The change in status closing date those who are expecting to from associate to active, or from active become members shortly. If those antici- to instiiutional must be made by March pating membership are not enrolled with 31st in order to get the appropriate desig- dues paid by March 31st, it will not be nation in the membership list. This is possible to include the names in this going to be one of the most useful tools record. Every member is urged to see that the Association can have and it be- that all changes of address are recorded hooves every member to work toward at Headquarters before that date. This making it 100 per cent effective.

Conference News HE Convention Committee made ings, and at 4:30 a festive tea. Wednes- Tthe first report to the Executive day evening, at least one major joint Board at the meking January 23rd, and group session with the larger groups a grand report it was. The program for participating. the convention is to be distinguished by On Thursday morning the first general a concentration on problems that special session is held, with the President's ad- librarians meet in their day's work. The dress and two other speakers. Thursday conference provides a major opportunity afternoon the S. L. A. for the first time in to discover the information resources of many years devotes a general session to New York City. For the first time, the shop talk and has as the major theme of members may give intensive attention to the second general session, "How to Run the many libraries in Columbia Univer- a Library," with four subjects for dis- sity. Besides the concentrated consider- cussion: administration, contact with ation of library administration problems, clientele, personnel, and finance (includ- there will be some major Association ing purchasing, etc.). Thursday evening projects to discuss. All in all, it will be a comes the banquet with many interesting conference that no one can afford to miss. rumors about succeeding events. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are Friday morning is the business session, fully planned. Saturday is to be Colum- when the Association as a whole will bia Day with the libraries open, followed concentrate on important problems under by a luncheon at the Faculty Club. Sun- consideration there. Friday afternoon day, a breakfast from 1:00 to 3:00 comes another general session, again de- p.m. will be arranged at the Rainbow voted to shop talk, with the subjects for Room at Rockefeller Center. These are discussion as follows: information files, the special treats for those who stay reference, government clocuments, and over. disseminating information. The plans for For the main program, Wednesday Friday evening are not definitely set, but morning finds the Executive Board and many interesting possibilities are under Advisory Council meeting, with group consideration. sessions going on at the same time. Cooperation from the members is Wednesday afternoon, more group meet- what makes for success or failure in a SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 convention. Letters from group chairmen effective the members must cooperate and from everyone with ideas are dis- with promptness, both now and in June. tinctly in order. Letters about the con- The Hotel Roosevelt is a pleasant vention set-up should be sent to Hazel E. place to meet, centrally located, and well Ohman, Librarian, State of New York arranged for special library convention Department of Labor, Division of Place- purposes. It is air-conditioned, so should ment and Unemployment Insurance, the same weather prevail outside as it did 342 Madison Avenue, New York City. at the last New York convention, those Letters with suggestions for the program in the conference rooms will be able to should be mailed immediately to Eleanor enjoy life. The hotel is prepared to make S. Cavanaugh, Librarian, Standard Sta- every effort to give comfortableaccommo- tistics Company, 345 Hudson Street, dations at the specified rates to the mem- New York City, who is handling that bers of the Association. The attention of difficult job. Every effort is being made themembers is called to the ratesquotedin to have the meetings well and efficiently theadvertisements. Now isthetime to plan handled. To make the whole program for that fruitful stay in NewYorkin June.

Board Meeting Notes ,

HE Executive Board of the S. L. A. outgo held an executive session on January Budgets...... T Operating Expeneea ...... 23rd in the Standard Statistics Building, Salaries ...... convening at 10:OO A.M. and adjourning SPECIALLIBRARIES (5% of Institu- at 1:30 P.M. At this meeting the an- tional and Active dues)...... nouncement of Miss Beatrice Hager's Associate Members' Bulletin...... appointment as chairman of the Classi- Publicity...... fication Committee was approved by the Travel ...... Board. The Convention Committee re- Total ...... ported in detail. (See "Conference News".) The Finance Committee re- Income...... $ 250 ported that its development of the As- Outgo ...... 250 sociation's program for expansion was SPECIALLIBRARIES under consideration and that a more Incoma complete report would be submitted Subscriptions...... $1,250 Advertising...... 1,700 later. Sales ...... 255 The budget for 1937 was considered at Dues Allotment (5% of Institutional length and was passed as follows: and Active dues)...... -295 Total...... $3,500 SPECIALLIBRARIES ASSOCIATION BUDGET IOR 1937 Outgo Adofiled by the Executive Board, January 23,1937 Printing ...... $2,900 GENERALOPERATING Postage...... 300 Income Reprints and Index...... 200 Dues Supplies ...... - 100 Institutional ...... $2,625 Total...... $3,500 Active'...... 3,275 Associate ...... 1,450 The Executive Board voted to buy a $1,000 bond from the operating surplus Total...... $7,350 of 1936 and earlier years and to appro- February, 1937 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 57 priate sufficient money from this surplus committees will appear in the April issue to print a membership list to be brought of SPECIALLIBRARIES. to date as of March 31, 1937, and to be The Executive Board approved the distributed to the paid up members of the request for a loan to the New Yo& Association and to other members as Chapter for publication of the New York their dues were received. City Special Libraries Directory. Reports of progress were received from These steps represented the main de- the Constitution and Nominating Com- cisions of the Executive Board at this mittees, and final reports from these session. Making a Budget HE budget for 1937, adopted by the were received, I am justified in believing TExecutive Board on January 23d, that no dissatisfaction exists. appears on another page of this issue. Because certain heavy items are being Last year ended with a small balance on shifted from committees to operating ex- the right side of the ledger. As there was penses, the allotment for the latter has no valid reason for expecting the income been slightly increased. Salaries have to increase or decrease materially during been placed on an annual instead of a the next twelve months, the Board's weekly basis and very slightly read- problem was largely that of allocating justed. Publicity claims $95. The travel expenses on the general pattern of 1936. allowance, while pitifully small, has been The 1937 budget has been balanced, doubled; and the new President will find based on probable income from dues. Re- most of it available in June. cent conventions have returned a profit, The Associate Members' Bulletin has but chickens are not being counted asyet. been allotted $150 from the general reve- Under the constitution, 50 per cent of nues and SPECIALLIBRARIES $295. the dues of associate members is re- Other ~ublicationsare financed from turned to their respective chapters. The separate funds and do not appear in the constitution requires the Board to de- general budget. termine annually the percentage of in- This $295 for SPECIAL LIBRARIES stitutional and active dues to be so re- represents 5 per cent of the dues of active turned. There is a presumption that in and institutional members. The Board adopting the "new plan " of membership does not consider this an ideal percent- in 1935 the Association wished fifteen age. It represents all the Board feels considered the,normal percentage, and justified in assigning from the general the Board will not change this except for revenue. The magazine is also entitled to strong reasons. whatever it can earn from subscriptions, Groups have been allotted $250 and advertising and sales of back numbers committees $250. It is difficult to make and reprints. The magazine budget has hard and fast rulings here as neither the been balanced at $3,500, which allows time nor the amounts of requests can be for a very slight increase in the total closely forecasted. At the Advisory Coun- number of pages during 1937. cil meeting of November 23d, with most Last year we started a reserve fund of the committee, group and chapter with a $500 government bond. The leaders present or represented, I asked Board took another constructive step in each one to write me their probable re- January by voting to add $1,000 to this quirements for 1937. As communications fund by the purchase of additional SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 bonds. This money will come from oper- It will not make us immediately richer. ating surplus. "Operating surplus" sounds It will give us more security against fi- well but doesn't mean much in our case. nancial ups and downs, more of a feeling What it amounts to is that for twenty- of stability and a better rating among five years we have slowly and painfully professional associations of our class. been accumulating a bank balance that Should we some day ask foundations to is not directly ear-marked for special finance enlarged activities, a well thought- purposes. out, concrete plan plus the proven ability One thousand dollars is to be taken to build up our own reserves will be our from the bank balance and placed in best guarantee of success. sound government or corporation bonds. HOWARDL. STEBBINS,President Over the Editor's Desk Education and Training. . . . Of the such an idea, although not all are positive three courses in library work announced that they will be able to attend. . . . for the Boston Chapter, two are to be The Philadelphia course has been moving given -one on library editorial work, along steadily. and the other, a library reference course. Miss Amelia Krieg, assistant director A third course on the fundamentals of of the University of Illinois Library cataloging for beginners did not receive a School, writes that a scholarship is avail- sufficient number of registrants. This has able for advanced training in the Library been true in other parts of the country, School in special libraries. This is the although in New York City a group of Katharine L. Sharp scholarship for financial librarians has been meeting for graduate students in library science. The informal discussion of cataloging meth- holder receives 8300 and is exempt from ods under the leadership of Adelaide the payment of University fees, except Kight. . . . There is a decided interest for the matriculation ($10) and diploma in training in California. Members of the ($10) fees. Southern California Chapter have been Miss Sharp, for whom the scholarship asked to reply to a questionnaire on is named, organized the Library School special library training methods. The at Armour Institute, Chicago, and con- Chapter wishes to be fortified with in- ducted it there for four years; she was formation when Mr. K. D. Metcalf, then, in 1897, made Librarian of the chairman, and Miss Anita A.1. Hostetter, University of Illinois, and the Library secretary of the A. L. A. Board of Educa- School was transferred to Illinois, where tion for Librarianship, come to California she was Director until 1907. to investigate "the best program and C1zaptt.r Meetings. . . . The January possible future trends in this field of pro- meeting of the Southern California fessional education." The questions are Chapter was devoted to a discussion of somewhat similar to those used in the the relation of micro-organisms to dis- questionnaire sent out by the S. L. A. ease. This was followed by a trip through Co~nrnitteeon Training and Recruiting, the Los Angeles County General Hos- with additional stress laid on the situa- pital laboratories. The Southern Cali- tion in California. . . . The Pittsburgh fornia Chapter specializes on trips. . . . Chapter is seriously debating the estab- The Boston Chapter also devoted thought lishment of a lecture course on training. to medical subjects at the January meet- The members have expressed approval of ing when Mr. William Shules of the Bos- February, 1937 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 59 ton Public Library, formerly of the Wil- affairs. The second speaker will be Sir liam H. Welch Medical Library of the Gerald Campbell, British Consulate Gen- Johns Hopkins University, discussed the eral in New York City, whose topic will library and its relation to the history of also be international affairs, Mary Louise medicine in the University, devoting Alexander, president of the New York some attention to the interesting classifi- Library Club, will preside at the meeting. cation and cataloging problems arising in News Notes. . . . Dorothy Andrews is the course of the organization of the librarian of the North American Invest- library. ment Corp., San Francisco, succeeding Pittsburgh, like New York and Con- Mrs. Helen M. Cropsey. . . . Edith B. necticut, has been honored by a visit Varney is first assistant in the Applied from the national president. Mr. Steb- Science Department of the St. Louis bins talked at the January meeting on Public Library. . . . Nelle Barmore is the progress of the Association. . . . around and about after her long illness. The New Jersey Chapter was fortunate . . . Many members of S. L. A. have enough to persuade Miss Aryness Joy, had, are having, or are about to have chief statistician of the Central Statisti- grippe and influenza. Perhaps the worst cal Board, to come to the February meet- of the epidemic is over, but the list of ing. This meeting was devoted to a dis- those who retired under this burden is cussion of statistical problems and was heavy. attended by local members of the Ameri- The members of the Special Libraries can Statistical Association. Miss Joy Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity are discussed "A Clearing House for Statis- delighted that their chairman, Mr. W. L. tical Projects," and Mr. Philip Stovin, Robinson, has received a gratifying dis- of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Co., tinction in his appointment as assistant brought out the point of view of business director of safety and traffic engineering men in the use of statistics. of the American Automobile Association. The New York Chapter, in its January Mr. Robinson has gone to Washington to meeting, went in for shop talk, with Mr. take up his duties there; and Mrs.Taylor, Vernon D. Tate of the National Archives vice-chairman, has succeeded him as speaking on "The Use of Microphotogra- chairman of the Council. Mr. Robinson phy in Library Reference Work." Marian has served as chairman of the Council for C. Manley discussed the topic, "Is Pro- two years and has proved a stimulating motion oi the Business Library Needed?" officer. His attendance at Advisory Coun- while Linda H. Morley spoke on "Spe- cil and Board meetings has been helpful, cialized Cataloging" and Alma Jacobus and his absence will be regretted. spoke on "Subject Files." . . . Many Eleanor Hickey is now librarian of the librarians in New York City, including Dominion Testile Company, Limited, the New York Chapter of the S. L. A., AIontreal, succeeding Adeline B. Whit- the New York School Librarians Asso- comb. . . . Rliss H. B. Henry is now ciation, and the New York Library Club, librarian of the public relations organiza- will meet for a gala dinner on February tion of Mr. Edward L. Bernays, New 17th. Mr. A. A. Berle, Jr., Chamberlain York. . . . On December 10, 1936, the of the City of New York, a member of library of the Bellevue School of Nursing President Roosevelt's original Brain was renamed "The Carrie J. Brink Trust, and one of the seven official dele- Memorial Library of the Bellevue School gates to the recent Peace Conference in of Nursing," in honor of Miss Brink, who South America, will discuss international was actively identified with the Bellevue 60 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 School of Nursing from 1891 to 1923. ciety of America. It was held in conjunc- . . . Mrs. Marjorie C. Dewire, librarian tion with the American Historical So- of the Central Young Men's Chris- ciety. Dorsey Hyde went up from Wash- tian Association College, Chicago, be- ington, while James F. Ballard, Edward came Mrs. Keenleyside last March. H. Redstone and Walter B. Briggs were . . . Leona Taylor, librarian of the among those present from Boston. . . . Akron Beacon Journal, is now Mrs. A meeting where libraries were featured Aiken. was that of the Washington Division of In Public Print. . . . An article about Railroad Enthusiasts, Inc., when Mr. A. Althea Warren, city librarian of the Los E. Freeman, cataloger of the Library of Angeles Public Library, appeared in the the Bureau of Railway Economics of the "Los Angeles City Employee" for De- Association of American Railroads, gave cember 1936. Miss Warren is an active an interesting talk on the library. This member of S. L. A. and one of the leading was followed by a visit there. public librarians in the country. . . . The Chemistry Section of the Science- Those who have not yet read "Ladies of Technology Group is busy this year with the Press" by Ishbel Ross will be de- a number of activities. The group is lighted to see the recognition given in its working on a subject heading list under pages to special librarians, and the par- the direction of Mrs. Grace R. Cameron ticular mention made of Mildred Burke of the Chemistry Library, University of of the Chicago Tribune, and Agnes J. Louisiana. Mrs. Cameron wants to hear Petersen of the Milwaukee Journal. from everyone interested with sugges- Maria C. Brace, head of the Depart- tions and ideas on how to make up a list ment of Business and Economics of the that would be most useful to chemistry Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, librarians generally. . . . Miss Helen has compiled an attractive six-page Baierle of the Bakelite Corporation is leaflet on effective consumer marketing, chairman'for the project in connection giving descriptive notes on market stud- with company publications and is pre- ies. . . . In the leaflet on "Organiza- paring a list of all the trade publications tions in the United States Interested in available for distribution by the com- Anglo-American Relations," published panies represented in the group. by the Digest Press and written by Exhibits. . . . The Financial Group Helen G. Mill, there is a description of of the New York Chapter under the di- the British Library of Information, and rection of Mildred A. Lee is planning to references to publications compiled by set up within the next two months a Ruth Savord. . . . The H. W. Wilson model bank library at two conventions Company is distributing for the Junior sponsored by the American Bankers As- Members Round Table of the A. L. A. sociation. These are the Mid-Winter three useful little pamphlets. "S 0 S in Trust Conference, February 9-11, and the Library" deals with reference books the Spring Savings Conference, March in general, " So This is the Catalog! " ex- 11-12, both at the Waldorf-Astoria. plains the decimal classification and the Though the same exhibit will be used at card catalog, and "Time Savers, the both conferences, stress will be laid on Periodical Indexes" describes the Read- subjects of immediate interest to the ers' Guides and other indexes. working committees of the Savings and Around and About. . . . A number of Trust Divisions of the American Bankers special librarians were in Providence for Association. the nieeting of the Bibliographical So- S. L. A.'s Latest Tool. . . . The Fi- February, 1937 SPECIAL LIBRARIES nancial Group has just compiled a list of dictaphones, typewriters, and other manu- sources of information on bonds in de- factures too large- to show in their com- fault, covering books and pamphlets and plete form; last, there were also shears magazine articles appearing from 1930 and knives and little desk conveniences. through December 1936. This useful list Good Newsjor the Editor. . . . " It was has been compiled by Grace D. Aiken- the article in SPECIALLIBRARIES yester- head. day which prodded this out of my file." New Styles in -ChrisLmas Trees...... "Here is my questionnaire at last. I The Technology Department of the am sorry to have been so slow about it Bridgeport public Library dressed a tree and felt very negligent after reading in for its readers with objects representing the January SPECIALLIBRARIES the the industries of Bridgeport. The gifts long list of prompt replies you have were gadgets of all kinds connected with had." Letters to the Editor Hearings ! may be procured from Miss Grace L. Osgood,

another cooperative step of the Superintendent of Documents and should do much to facihtate the A Regiona1 Sumey of 'pecial work of manv S. L. A, members. A SURVEY of information resources in New -RUTHVON ROESCRLAUB,Libmrian fl Jersey libraries is being undertaken by the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. ~unior embers Round Table under the sponaor- ship of the New Jersey Public Library Commis- A Worth While Vacation sion and with the approval of the NeN. Jersey IBRARIANS these days are constantly Library Association and the Special Libraries L urged to get in active touch with what is Association, New Jersey Chapter. The purpose of going on in the outside world. This is difficult for this survey is to locate all sp~cialcollections in the average librarian to do day by day, but the state and to obtain, for a union catalog, data through summer institutes, vacations may be as to the extent of each collection, its research combined with illuminating experiences. A small value and accessibility. quota of the cross-section membership of the The survey will cover a wide range of material, Summer Institute for Social Progress at Wellesley since the many public, special, and college li- is reserved for librarians. Through lectures, for- braries in the state vary greatly in nature. An at- ums and round tables on current economic and tempt to secure some evaluation of the collections social conditions, and discussions in which men will be made. In a survey such as the proposed and won~enactive jn the business, industrial and one, with results dependent largely on data to be professional world share their varied experiences, obtained from a questionnaire, detailed descrip- librarians can gain a vivid picture of today's tion of collections and comparative evaluations situation and tomorrow's possibilities. are practically impossible. The committee be- "The World Challenge to Democracy -How lieves, however, that the factors which have Can America Meet It?" will be the general theme brought about the acquisition of a special col- of the Institute this year which will be held on the lection will aid the librarian in evaluating it. rolling country campus of Wellesley College, A collection, on a given subject or covering a Wellesley, Mass., from July 10 to 24. Colston E. definite field of knowledge, which is larger and Warne of the Economics Department of Amherst more valuable for study and research because of will be the leader of the faculty, and the institute local conditions or interests may be classed as a members will live in one of the new college dormi- special collection. Collections obtained through a tories overlooking Lake Waban. Mr. Franklin legacy or endowment may have become static, or Hopper of the New York Public Library has been if the gift has been recent, the future value of the on the governing board of the Institute. Details collection may far exceed its present worth. Li- SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 brarians are urged to furnish such data regarding ter, which includes college, special and public the history of a collection. The committee is es- librarians in its personnel, the Junior Members' pecially anxious to have good collections of New project for locating special collections in the state Jersey literature and history, and collections of as a means to ascertaining the information re- industrial and technical books reported. sources was considered and the Joint Committee Knowledge of the location and existence of im- strongly endorsed the project. The project is re- portant books and well-developed special collec- ceiving the support and interest of several out- tions within the state should do much to further standing librarians of the state. research, and to provide for coordination in the The Union Catalog Committee is endeavoring development of library resources. It is hoped that to meet a very pressmg need and urges the co- the survey will lead to an increase in inter-library operation of all libraries. The value of actual lending. The results of the survey will be used in knowledge of the location and availability of in- developing a union catalog of special collections formation resources in inaugurating future co- to be located at the New Jersey Public Library operative plans cannot be over-emphasized. Commission. FANNIBSHEPPARD, Chairman The questionnaire for the survey will be sent to New Jersey Union Catalog Committee all libraries immediately. Librarians are requested Paterson Public Llbrary to respond as fully and as promptly as possible. A chairman in each county has been appointed to contact all libraries within her locality in an Subject Headings Again to the Fore! effort to obtain complete and prompt results. HE Committee on subject headings of the The questionnaires are to be mailed to a central TA, L. A. Catalog section would like to re- committee who will compile the results and en- ceive new subject headings as used by libraries, deavor to have at least a partial report to present from as many sections of the country as possible. to the New Jersey Library Association and the Even though you have but one or two to submit Special Libraries Association, New Jersey Chap- we will welcome them for inclusion in the monthly ter, in the near future The New Jersey Library lists published in the Wilson Bulletin. Our aim is Commission has generously offered to take care to make these lists as representative of up-to-date of all mimeographingand mailing. The committee library practice as possible and we can do this proposes to publish the results of the survey of only if we have the new headings as they are special resources at an early date. adopted. At a recent meeting of the Joint Committee of SARITAROBINSON, C/lairtnan the New Jersey Library Association and the University of Iowa Library Special Libraries Association, New Jersey Chap- Iowa City, Iowa Publications of Special Interest Claflin, W. W. Challenge of investment. ing and the traditions of the native artists. In his boak on New Guinca, he supplies this needed background. The Harper, New York. 1936. 97 p. $1.75. dlustrat~onsof the natlve handcraft and the background A sound, practical, and conclse discussion of invest- arc many and fine. A brief readlng list included. ment problems In securities for the mature reader. The basic factors in investment progress are brought out, and Forsyth, Gordon. Twentieth century ceram- the steps in analyzing an invcstmcnt program are in- jCS. S;udio publications, N~~ yirk. 1936, tclllgently cons~dered.An excellent book for general use.

128 D.A. S4.50. Many finc half tones or colored rcproductlons of modern Cross. P. G. Our friends. the trees. Dutton.' ~ewYork. 1936. 334 $5.00. ceramlcs arranged by variety. Names of designers and p. sometunes producers are given. An cxcellcnt hrlef intro. A comprehens~ve,well arranged and enthusiastic dc- duction toucl~cson various phases of the industry. In. script~onof trees. Detailed notes on thelr treatment under dexed by name of desigrler and by manufacturer. all cond~tions.the artistlc and economic asoccts of the subject, all are covered effectively. Beautifully illustrated Herman, Lewis, and Goldberg, Mayer, You and full of poetlc selections. Includes a terminology. cross-examine. Macmillan, New Well indexed. York. 1936. 194 p. $2.00. Firth, Raymond. Art and life in New Tcchnlques in cross.examination and them appllution ~~j,,~~.studio publications, N~~ york. dre 111u6trated by many varletles of cases. The dangers of cross-examination to both lawyer and witness are skilfully 1936. 126 p. $3.50. demonstratcd. A hclpful Lmok for the layman in trying to The author believes that prlmitlve art cnn be truly ap- understand some court procedures. Well and entertain. prec~atedonly frnm an understanding of the ways of liv- ingly written. B~bliographyand list of cases included. February, 1937 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 63 Holme, C. G. Birds and flowers. Studio Pub- prize winners in the A. M. A. competition. Well .elected lication~,New York. 1936. 8 p. 8 plates. and to the point. Not indexed. $2.00. Rinen, E. F. Old historic churches of Amer- This number in the aeries, "Glimpses of Old Japan ica. Macmillan, New York. 1936. 373 p. from Japanese Colour Prints," is a delightful collection of decorat~veplates with an intriguing introduction and $6.00. descriptive notes. The collection shows skilful application Since churches, especially the early ones, are part of of design to the subject the historrc fahr~cof a country, this record providca am additional checklist of historic data as well as a delightful Houda, E. 0.Conquest of goiter. Conrad p~ctor~aland descriptive footnote to history. Well illus- trated and wrltten. A chronological list of the two hun- Printing Co., Tacoma. 1936. 157 p. $2.50. dred and fifty or more churches noted is included, as well A description of the development of the treatment of as a long bihl~ography. goiter based on a convlctlon of its bacterial cause and using a vaccine in its cure. The value of iodine in the treatment of goiter is seriously questioned. The text is Rotha, Paul. Movie parade. Studio Publica- clear and simple. Not indued. tions, New York. 1936. 142 p. $3.50. An effort to show the rap~ddevelopment of a tremen- Hough, H. B. Martha's Vineyard. Tuttle dous industry. P~cturesfrom films that have been notable Pub. Co., Rutland. 1936. 276 p. $2.50. or stimulating have been grouped by respective types. adventure and melodrama, comedy, romance, etc., films A native son's h~storyof h~nhome full of interesting of fact and trick films. A comprehenrlve survey with deta~land gmng a satisfying picture of the development rather limited text. of an island whose major activities moved from whaling enterprise, through camp meetings, to a summer resort as a chief industry. Shaw, H. L. First hundred years of St. Mary's Hall on the Delaware. ~urlin~ton' Laird. D. A. Increasing personal efficiency. College, Burlington. 1936. 167 p. $2.00. Harper, New York. 1936. 294 p. $2.50. The history of one of the oldest private girls' nchmla The third revison of this welllnown text has addi- that is a noteworthy example of a church school. Its tional chapters on the effic~entarrangement of the home records pronde an interesting sidelight on educational because of the effect of the environment on the ~ndividual. development. This section includes some of the types of eheck lists that add so mueh to the interest of the first edition The whole Smith, 0.W. Gasp/ the romantique. Crow- volume is distinctly worth rereadinr. ell, New York. 1936. 156 p. $2.00. A beautifully illustrated, and lovingly written deacrip- Middleton, Lamar. The rape of Africa. Har- tion. Tl~echarm, and simplicity of a land somewhat abut rison Smith, New York. 1936. 331 p. $3.00. off from world traffic in commodities or ideas is freely An account of the efforts of the European powers to transmitted through this book by a returning daughter. partition Africa, beginning with Stanley's expeditions A road map, and some brief official information on motor and continuing to the Italian-Ethiopian campaign. Many travel is Included. references are made to spec~ficpublications while abun- dant reference is given to file of atate papers. Caustic in Taintor, S. A. and Monro, K. M. Handbook comment and spectacirlar. of social correspondence. Macmillan, New York. 1936. 307 p. $2.50. Murdoch, Nina. Tyrolean June. Funk & A well arranged treatment of any prohlcm that might Wagnalls, New York. 1936. 280 p. $3.00. arise in encial correspondence. Deta~led lists of ad- A very pleasant book on a beautiful country. Fine dresses, salutations, etc.; examplcs of lnvltatlons of all photographic illustratioo. Many notes of legends and other kinds and their response, the principles of consideration interesting development. Much incident. and good taste illustrated In excellent examples, sugges- tions for resolut~onsnnd memorials, all in all a com- Partridge, Bellamy. Roosevelt family in prehensive and satisfnctory handbook of its type. America. Hillman-Curl, New York. 1936. 325 p. $3.00. Thomas, Norman. After the New Deal An entertaining, picturesque record of Roosevelt con- what? Macmillan, New York. 1936. 244 p. tacts with political history. Arranged so as to bring out $2.00. the essential likenesses in varlous a~tuations Full of The author sums up the various conflicting issues and enlivening incident. Well ~llustrated.L~st of authorit~ea policies in his usunI interest~ng,and intelligent manner. eonsulted, included. The notes on the issues in the labor dissens~on,and the contention In the Socialist and between Soc~alistand Rice, J. O., ed. Packaging, packing and ship- Communist groups are ~lluminating,and well handled. ping. American Management Assoc., New York. 1936. 237 p. $7.50. Tilden, Freeman. World in debt. Funk & A collection of excellent art~cleson packaging, as af- Wagnalls, New York. 1936. 348 p. $2.50. fected by merchand~s~ngmaterials, engineering, and A penetrating, satiric and sound discussion of the packing and stripping, illustrated by half tones of the delusions and burdens produced by over indulgence in 64 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Vol. 28, No. 2 credit. Interesting treatment of the historic aspect and FREE , current developments. A valuable consideration of a pressing question. S. L. A. Duplicate Exchange Committee offerr the followingitems free except for express chargel Traube, Shepard. So you want to go into the to the first applicants. Address all requests to theatre? Little, Brown, Boston. 1936. Miss Helen G. Buzzell, Chairman Duplicate Ex- 258 p. $1.75. change Committee, Business Branch of the A complete report on the deps involved in undertaking Library, 34 Commerce Street, Newark, N. J. any theatrical work, the costs, the returns, the possibli- itlu. Well wrltten and logically arranged. Appendix in- American Medleal directory 1929 cludes llsts of producers, play brokers, summer theatres, Beat'a Life Ineurance reports 1935 etc., and a short annotated biblioxraphy. An excellent job. Commerdal & Industrid Omnnization of the Udted States 1931 Tunis, J. R. Was college worth while? Har- Danmn'a Mtgoods trade 1931 court, Brace & Co., New York. 1936. Directory organizations in the field of publlc addnlc ttation 1932 234 p. $2.00. Gordon Stoekholdlnga of officers & dlrectom in Am&- The class of 1911 at Harvard replies to a 25th re- can Induatrlal Corporations. August 1936 union questionnaire, and 30 provides data for a plcture Haultun. R. M. How to make your buslnesn Live 1934 of the tastes, earnings, habits and enjoyments of the Kentucky insurance field dlr. 1933 average 46 yarn old man of fairly established aocial Market data book 1930, 1931, 1932 atanding. The insight Into the point of view of these men himidpal Year book 1935 la valuable. OUphants Studlc. in Securities 1935. 1936 Playthlngs dlrstory 1932 Van Doren, Carl. Three worlds. Harper, Polk's banker'a cncydopedla. March 1931, 1932, 1933, New York. 1936. 317 p. $3.00. 1931; September 1933 Rand McNally Bunkers directory. July 1929. May One of the most satisfying autobiographies of this half- 1935, September 1935, May 1936 century with its rounded picture of home life in Illinois, Who'a who among asmdatlon uecut(ves 1935 its wide contacts with literary activities and leaders of American Economic Review 1935 unbound this period, and its consideration of the pattern of Ameri. Cumulative hook index 192E-29; 1930. 1931 can life. Sympathetic, balanced and objective in style. Journal of Commerce. October 1930-DCC. 1935 un- bound van de Wall, William. Music in institutions. New York Tim- Index 1935 unbound Russell Sage Foundation, New York. 1936. 457 p. $3.00. The definite therapeutic value of music has been gen- erally recognized for many years. In thls volume, how. ever, the author sbows the specific steps by wblcb music Both Recommended for Larger Libreria can be drawn into many institutional lives The author dixusscs the salary, qualifications and posslbllltles for and Special Libraries by the A. L. A. personnel development. Shen>tion Books ~ulk'tin West, H. F. Modern book collecting for the Who's Who in Commerce impecunious amateur. Little, Brown, Bos- ton. 1936. 305 p. $1.75. and Industry A fascinating book that shows ways by which the de. a combined Busineca "Who's Who" and llgbts of readlng, and budding a library may be en- hanced. W~tty,aliuslve, and filled with agreeably pre- Corporation Directory at a popular price; sented ~nformatlon. Includcs selected list of books to wntaine names and addressca and com- help the collector. plete biographies of o5cers of 4.445 largest corporations and banks. Whitaker, J. T. And fear came. Macmillan, Price $15.00 New York. 1936.273 p. $2.50. A foreign correspondent of high standing wrltes of the Who's Who Among Ethiopian situation vividly. and as a logical development of the foreign pollcies of the strong world powers, Great Aseociation Exeontivee Britam, France and the Unlted States. He includes en. grossing records of events in Geneva, and world caplhla. a list of important trade and professional A high lighted picture of diplomat~cmaneuvers penetrat- associations. and biographical data relat- ing, and caustlc In treatment. Valuable as an interpreta- ing to 2,700 of their mcretaries and tion of a tragic perlad. Not indued. managers. Price $8.50 Wright, Milton. Art of conversation. Mc- OrdmJrom Graw, New York. 1936. 354 p. $2.50. I~utltutelor Remaroh In Blowaphj. ha. Some practical suggestions are well padded to produce 205 Eamt 42nd Strwt, New York a hook of appropriate size. Nothing is included that hould not he well known to any high scliool atudcnt. 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