Evening star., 1900-04-19
LIBRARY APPOINTMENTS
POSITIONS cREATED BY THE NEW
LEG1skATfrvsE ACT.
Applicants Have Shown the Necessary
to work.Aonu Probation.

| Ine HDrarlan OF congress has announced
the following appointments to positions in
the library created by the legislative bill
Just enacted. The appointments, as ex-
planed below, are only probationary:
Lucy Y. Arrick, Illinois, S72O; Frederick
w. Ashley, Ohio, $1,000
| Laura E. Babcock, New York, $780, Irma
I. Blake. New York $54O; Julia w. Blandy,
| Texas. $500: Lucien H. Boggs, Georgia.
$500; Leigh s. Boyd, Louisiana $500: Caro-
| line NJ. Brooke, Maryland, ST. 200; Edith P
Buckman. New York. $500.
Edward w. Cady, New York, s., ,6OO Nam
ME A. -Chappell, District of Columbia, $3.50;
Ada G. Chapple. New York. $3.50; Hester
Coddington, Wisconsin, 81 200; Mildred A
| Collar. Massachusetts, 81 200
| Sylvester T. DeForest Indiana $500:
Besse Cary DeShea, Florida, S72O; Made
| leine B. DeWolfe, New York $500: Casper
| g. Dickson. Minnesota, $500: Eliza U. Dodge
| Texas, $40; Katharine c. Dorsey. District
| of Columbia, $40.
Annie Lee Elliott, New York, $72O; Frank
| Norton Everett. Iowa. $3.50.
Margaret c. Force, Alabama, s72O; Her
Wisconsin, $720.
| Ryan Armistead Grady, Minnesota, $500;
Helen NJ Green, New Jersey, $500.
| Jane Browne Haines, Pennsylvania,
| Virginia T. Johnson, District of Columbia,
Wather F. Koenig. Pennsylvania. 81. 500.
Alice Lerch, District Of Columbia. s72o;
Harry c. Lynch. District of Columbia $500.
Lydia MMackey. Kansas s720; Mary w.
MacNair New York. $500; Ethel w. Mason,
Illinois. $72O: Elizabeth McBrfer, California.
| $72O: Ira L. McLaren, Wisconsin, s72O; Mary
| M. Melcher, New Hampshire, $40; William
| A. Miller. Kansas. $1,000; Laura Moore.
| Michigan $40.
Elizabeth g. Neel, Georgia, 5000; Felix
Neumann. Illinois. 81, 500: Priscilla A. Mich
olson, Rhode Island, $I2O,
Jesse Field Ogden, Minnesota, 5000: J. L.
Lamar Ogden. Georgia, 5000; Lucy Ogden,
New Jersey, $I2O.
Arthur j. Parsons, Massachusetts, 81. 200;
| Francis H. Parsons, District Of Columbia.
| $1.2O0; Mary Winifred Phelps. District of
Columbia, $500: Harriet w. Plerson, New
$720 Adam H. Powell. Pennsylvania, s720
Alfred l.. Richards, Georgia, $500; Flora
B. Roberts, Michigan, $720
Florence s. Rogers. Connecticut. $40;
Emma A. Runner. New York, 200.
Claire M. Schayer. District Of Columbia,
$40; Gertrude Shawhan, Illinois, s72O: Ada
Beaufort Sims. South Carolina, s72O; Henry
| w. Smith. Colorado, $3.50; Mary Josephine
| solyom. Maryland, 1920 Dudley Stinson,
District Of Columbia, $500.
George Morgan Thomas, Kentucky, $500;
Frances Thompson. Ohio. s72O.
Lucretia C. Waring, California, s720: Rich
ard B. Washington. Virginia, $500; Harriet
dekraft Woods, Illinois. 81 200.
Qualifications of Applicants.
The following statement was issued con-
| cerning the appointments:
'Of the additional positions created by
the bill over score are very minor and
| subordinate, at salaries of but $500 a year.
| A few of the positions will be filled by
promotion. Certain employees taken on dur
| Ing the past year accepted salaries below
| their qualifca tiops, in the expectation Of
better recognition if an opportunity should
come irrespective of promotions how
ever. the particular positions open to ap-
pointment would not appear from a cur
sorry examination of the bill. Many of
| these created are. in, effect, already in ex-
| istence and filled by employees detailed
! from other divisions of the library, owing
| to the unequal pressure of work. Some
| thrty-nine employees are now working IN
positions different from those to which
| they. are accorded by law. The effect of
| the bill will be in part simply to confirm
! these employees in, their present positions.
| This will be true, for instance. in the copy
| right office. in which only eight places will
be filled by new appointment.
The classification of the applications,
with view to selection. has been in prog
ress for long time past. The form of ap-
| plication in use tabulates very fully the
education and experience of an applicant,
and of the 800 and more received during
| the past year over 200 are from persons
possessing technical training library eX-
perience. or both, including graduates from
P-NA~''o'o'ttAi
Brooklyn. Philadelphia and at the Univer-
sity of Illinois, directly experienced in
the work of the great libraries of New
York. Philadelphia, Chicago and elsewhere,
so that the difficulty has been not to Sc
cure the qualifications necessary to the
technical work. but to choose from sur
plus of qualified candidates. There are
nearly dozen of the applicants of whom
direct knowledge had been gained in the
volunteer service which existed during a
portion of the past year.
THE appointments are to be made upon
the same method as the few that have been
made during the past several months. No
preliminary written examination is to be
held. For each position to be filled an ap-
plicant has been selected whose qualfica-
tions and experience appear the most
promising. He will be offered opportunity
| to work on pay. but also on probation, for
period of from three to six months. His
capacity will thus be tested in actual
work. This test will be his examination.
At the end Of the period his connection
with the library definitely ceases unless
| decision be then reached to retain him in
| the regular service. The few appoint
ments to positions requiring to a less de-
gree technical training library expe-
rience are included among those listed
above"
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