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' TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

school should be required of candidates. Suc-
cessful teaching experience in a high school
is a valuable asset in the librarian." The
professional requirements suggested for high
school librarians are graduation from a
college or university, with major studies in
literature, history, sociology, education, or
other subjects appropriate to special de-
mands such as those of the technical high
school upon the library. At least one year of
graduate training in an approved library
school and one year's successful experi-
ence in work with young people in a Ubrary
is advised.
The importance of the library as an inte-
gral part in university education is now uni-
versally recognized by educators. For
example, at the dedication of the new library
building at Princeton University, President
Daniel C. Oilman urged that " The library
of a university is its very heart. If the heart
is weak, every organ suffers; if strong, aU
are invigorated." In one of his early reports
as President of Harvard University, Charles
W. Eliot speaks of the Harvard College
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