The Washington times., 1902-07-04
New Appointments to
Positions in the Copy
righ. Office.
LIBRARY TRAINING NEEDED
No Further Appointments to Be Made
or Arranged For - Future Chances
Meager-No College Degree Required
General Education Sufficient.

| Mr.. Herbert Putnam, Librarian oi
| Congress, has announced the following
changes in his office to take effect July
:. 1902:
Mary Moffat, Indiana. $3.50; Emily T
Earle. New York, $720; Anna Perry
South Carolina, 1850: Harvey w Tuttle
Ohio, 5000; Harold W. Porch, New Jel'-
sey. $3.50; Helen Sharpless, PennsyIva-
nit. $40; Jessica L. Farnum, New York
1920; Theodore w. Koch, Pennsylvania
$1,000; William s. Fuller, District OF
Columbia. 1850; Charlotte st. j. Elicit
Tennessee. 1920: Charles G. Leonard
Maryland, $1,000; Earl G. Sven, Iowa
SLIGO; Hattie |. Herriott, Indiana, S72C;
Alfred f. w. Schmidt, California, Sl.2O0;
Lucy c. Daniels. West Virginia, 81 POO;
Marian ]. McCants, Tennessee, $500;
Sallie F. Waller. Alabama, 500; Jessie
II. Thomas. New York, 5000; Omar G..
Gillett. Missouri, 1850; John E. Bull
MAIN. Indiana. $500; William II. Cole.
| Colorado. $1,000: Mildred ]. Searle.
Colorado, $3.50; Walter H. Lee. District
of Columbia. S120; Olive VI. Jack. Ne
braska. $500: Olive c. Lathrop. Michi-
gan, SI20; Alexis V. Babine, California.
$1,000; Eliza j. Skinner. West Virginia.
Sl.2OO; stephen C. stuntz. Wisconsin.
$1,000; Bertha E. Hyatt, New York, $500
Helen L. Plummer, Colorado, S72o; Hell
en- N. Thompson. Maryland. 5000; Chas.
A. Barr. New York, sl,20O; Philip {.
Goulding. Vermont, $500; Willard O.
Waters. Illinois. $500; Wilhelm B.
Schultz. Virginia. s72O; Anna N. Priest.
Pennsylvania, $3.50: Mary b. Coffin, Dis
trict of Columbia, 1860; Clara E. A. Won
Tangen, District of Columbia 5000;
James H. Graham, Texas, $3.50; Cora E.
smith. Massachusetts, $500, and Evelyn
B. Jones. New York, $3.50.
The Librarians Comments.
In making the above changes the lib
| rarian makes the following comments:
The list includes a. employees re-
Gently confirmed after probationary GER
vice; (2) appointments to certain posi-
tions that have recently become vacant
through resignation or death; (3J ap-
pointments to certain positions in the
copyright office, which, though carried
by the appropriation act for the year
beginning July l, were made Immediate
ly available and so became effective in
April last, and "a appointments to po-
sitions carried by that act. but effec-
tive only on July l. These latter posi-
tions were all in the catalogue division
The appropriation act provided in all
for but thirty-three positions. nine In
the copyright Office and twenty-forr In
the catalogue division. For these there
were considered -ta) persons in the reGi!-
lar service ia lower grades whose claims
TO promotion customacily take Prece
dence Of consideration of applications
from outside Of the force: tb) persons
who had been previously in the employ
of the library for special or temporary
work. and who had demonstrated their
fitness for our particular work, and (c)
applications from without. When it came
TO these about eco applications were
considered.
The above list includes forty-one
persons. few other positions besides
the above have been arranged for. bu,
the appointees will net take Office until
the fall. Their names will be given in
subsequent list.
Technical Library Training.
The positions In the library proper
require. for the most part. technical
library training, and in some cases q
very high degree CT technical training
and actual library experience
Certain OF the positions in the copy
right office also require this training.
since that office is handling books in va
rious languages, and is doing cata-
loguing. But there is also in this Office
some clerical work. and there are re-
quired the qualifications which go to
make a serviceable employe in any Of
ice Of record, administering a consider
able business promptly, accurately and
lLtclligently, and of which progressive
Improvement IS expected
There are no further appointments to
be made or arranged for, and there is no
encouraging prospect for the hundreds
of applicants whose applications are
still on file. Among them are scores OF
persons who would be useful 20 the
library; scores, in fact, who have had
special training for our work. These
] ave not been rejected as disqualified
The question was net Of rejection, but OF
selection.
What we have done was to select out
Of the l.SOO two score persons whose ex-
Ferionce and apparent capacity offered a
presumption OF fitness for our work |
These have been or are to be put at
work for a probationary period OF from
three to six months. This period is. in
a sense, an examination. At the end Of
IL they discontinue unless their fitness /
has then been proven.
Chances for Future Appointments.
The chance for further appointments
in the near future is very meager. The |
catalogue force, to which there have
been the largest additions during the /
past two years, has now reached a nor
NAL, and an endeayor will be made 10
keep the general service within the
present general limits. The business Of
the copyright office is increasing q, I
about the rate OF 10 per cent a year
and Will require each year sCme slight /
addition to the force there.
1t will be noticed that Of the new po-
sitions filled some carry salaries as low
as $50 per month. Some of the ap- .
pointees who have accepted these low
salaries have done so not in admission
that their services are worth no more,
but only that they may get an oppor-
tunity to slow qualifications for a
Il.