CARNEGIE INSTITUTE 
 
 CARNEGIE LIBRARY SCHOOL 
 APPRENTICE CLASS 
 
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 • CARNEGIE LIBRARY 
 1918 
 
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE 
 
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 CARNEGIE LIBRARY SCHOOL 
 APPRENTICE CLASS 
 
 B EGINNING February 15, 1918, an apprentice course 
 of nine months will be offered under the direction of 
 the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. This course is planned 
 to train applicants who are unable to take a Library School 
 course. 
 
 The first four months of the course will be a probationary 
 period, during which students will receive instruction in library 
 theory and will be scheduled for practice work under super¬ 
 vision in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and its agencies. 
 Students whose work has been satisfactory during this period 
 will be expected to take the remaining five months of the 
 course, for which time they will receive the salary of a half¬ 
 time position. 
 
 The theoretical instruction will be along three lines, namely : 
 literary, political and social, and technical. The technical in¬ 
 struction will furnish preparation for certain positions in the 
 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh which do not require as exten¬ 
 sive a training as the professional course of library schools. 
 
 It is hoped that this class may furnish valuable preparation 
 for the more advanced work of the Library School. To this 
 end a high standard of entrance requirements and of personal 
 qualifications will be maintained. 
 
 The School reserves the privilege of withdrawing the course 
 at any time in case there is not a sufficient number of appli¬ 
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TERMS OF ENTRANCE 
 
 Applicants must be eighteen years of age or over and must 
 be graduates of accredited high schools, or present evidence of 
 , an equivalent education. 
 
 Candidates must show by examination adequate knowledge 
 of literature, history and current topics. 
 
 Applicants are required to present a physician’s certificate 
 of health. 
 
 No tuition will be charged. 
 
 CERTIFICATE 
 
 A certificate will be issued on successful completion of the 
 nine months’ course. Apprentices will then be eligible for ap¬ 
 pointment in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh to those posi¬ 
 tions for which the apprentice course furnishes adequate prepa¬ 
 ration. 
 
 At the end of the four months' probationary period, stu¬ 
 dents who are unable to continue the course will be eligible 
 f for certain minor positions in the Library, but no certificate 
 
 or other formal recognition will be given. 
 
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 GENERAL COURSE IN THE LIBRARY SCHOOL 
 
 Beginning September 25, 1918, a course in general library 
 work will be offered by the Carnegie Library School. It is 
 hoped that graduates of the apprentice class will feel it advis¬ 
 able, as a means of advancement in the library profession, to 
 take either this course or that which trains for library work 
 with children. 
 
 A personal interview with the supervisor of the class is 
 very desirable. Inquiries regarding interviews and requests 
 for information about the course may be addressed to Miss 
 Ernestine Rose, Carnegie Library School, Schenley Park, 
 Pittsburgh. 
 
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