Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06
Dr.. Putnam Honored
For 40 Years as
Librarian Of Congress
Conerotulotory Letters
Read at Luncheon;
One From Roosevelt
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

HOnOred by crowds OF frlendS, Dr
Herbert Putnam yesterday cele-
brated the 4Oth anniversary of the
beginning of his service as Librarian
of Congress.
The program for the day. ar
ranged without his knowledge,
started with the receipt Of flood
OF kilograms and letters, including
q message from President Roosevelt,
which read: The completion OF
tWoScore years OF service in making
the great resources of the Library
of Congress serve the needs of the
American people is an event OF out
standing Importance. Under your
direction our national library has
become one of the great libraries Of
the world.
II think Carlyle's saying that the
true university is a collection OF
books is of greater force today than
when the Sage of Chelsea uttered
it. have an mistaken conviction
that democracy can never be under
mined if We maintain our library
resources and national intelligence
capable of utilizing them
Letters From World.
This greeting was read by Fred
eric A. Delano at luncheon OF the
Librarians Round Table at noon.
1t was followed by the reading OF
=, Job an
former director Of the British Mu-
scum in London; Dr. James TruSlOW
Adams, DR.. James Phlnney Baxter,
jr.; Dr.. William Warner Bishop, Dr..
E. NJ. Borchard. DR.. Max Farrand,
Burton j. Hendrick M. A. De Wolfe
Howe, Dr.. Charles Moore, Theodore
Williams Noyes. DR.. Frederick P,
Keppel, H. NJ. Gutenberg. Dr.. A. w,
S. Rosenbach, the librarians OF the
Vatican Library in Rome, the Bod
lev Library at oxford, the Swiss
National Library at Berne, and the
librarians OF many American Ii
braries.
Speakers at the luncheon were:
DR.. Waldo G. Leland, secretary OF
the American Council of Learned
Societies, who acted as chairman;
DR.. Harry A. Garfield. former presl-
dent of Williams College, and Rep
resentative Robert Luce of MasSa-
chusetts. Others attending lnclud-
ed: The Right Rev. James E. Free
man. Bishop of Washington, and the
Right Rev. Julius Walter Atwood,
former Bishop of Arizona; Repre-
sentative Kent E. Keller. d..
Milton J. Ferguson, president,
and DR.. Carl Milan. secretary,
American Library Association; DR..
Charles G. Abbot, secretary Of
the Smithsonian Institution; Dr..
George w. Bowerman, librarian
Washington Public Library; Dr..
Carl Engel. DR.. Joseph Quincy
Adams, director, Folger Shake
speare Library; DR.. Leicester B.
Holland, Col Lawrence Martin,
Martin A. Roberts, DR.. St. George
L. Sioussat. DR.. John T, Vance, DR..
James Brown Scott. DR.. William
Adams Slade, William c. Bond, Dr.
Frederick A. Blossom, Clifford K.
Bergman, Col c. L. Bouve, Maj.
Gist Blair, Dr.. Arthur w Hummel,
Thorvald Solberg, Albert w. At
wood, DR.. Ellery C. StoWell. DR.. Will
liam Henry Allison, DR.. Samuel F.
Bemis, Dr. Madison Bently, Linn r.
Blanchard, Stephen BonSal, Allen
R. Boyd, Frederick E. Brasch, Will
liam L. Brown. Charles Henry But
Ter, Miss Louise G. Cation, James B.
Childs, DR.. Victor S. Clark. William
Lee Corbin. William O. FarnsWorth,
DR.. Harold N Fowler, Charles H.
Hastings, Roy D. Jameson. DR..
Charles Hubbard Judd, Francesca
Lardone, DR.. Joseph Mayer, Horace
!. POLICEMAN. DR.. Ernest c. Richard
son. David Rubio. DR.. Louis Martin
Sears, Dr.. Henry O. Severance,
Myron Bement Smith, Harold
Spivacks, Dr.. Walter T. SWingle,
Henry B. Wilkins, William F. Will
loughby, DR.. Albert F. Zahm, David
Roberts, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Aus
lander and Mr.. and Mrs. Eliot
OHara.
Portrait Bust Presented.
The climax of the celebration
came with a ceremony in the
librarians office for the unveil-
ing of a bronze portrait bust
of DR.. Putnam. presented to a
committee which "on an appropriate
occasion" later will give it to the
Library. Executed by the librarians
daughter, Miss Brenda Putnam, N,
A., it was unveiled by Miss June
OHara, the librarians only grand
daughter. The presentation was
made by DR.. Slade in the name of
the Round Table and DR.. Putnam S
colleagues on the Library staff. Mr.
Bond. superintendent of the Library,
and Mr. Hastings, former chief of
the card division, accepted the gift
Arrangements for the program