Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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JOSEPHINE ADAMS RATHBONE

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Be ab Soe od is SO nN To Josephine Adams Rathbone—President of the American Library Association, officer in New York State and New York City library organiza- tions, frequent contributor to professional publications, member of the staff of Pratt Institute Free Library 1893-95 , instructor in the School of Library Science, 1895-1911, Vice-Director of the School 1911 to date— as a tribute for the joy her teaching has given to generations of students; for the inspiration and example she has been to those in the field; and for her deep-rooted loyalty to our Alma Mater and the profession at large, we respectfully dedicate the 1938 Prattonia.

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FOREWORD .... Every teacher or instruc- tor in every school or college at some time makes a statement which has been verified time and time again, and which is far from being out of place here: “You'll get out of this course only what you put into it.” To those whose life at Pratt consisted solely of schoolwork and mumbled acknowledgments of class- mates’ greetings, Prattonia is worth little more than the paper and ink of which it is made. For those whose myriad pleasant memories and sincere friend- ships are the result of something more than a mere existence at Pratt is the 1938 Prattonia intended.