Library Conditions, 1926

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Any student who has to use the University Library during the morning and evening classes faces a condition of affairs that is almost intolerable. Especially between eleven and eleven-fifty in the morning is this condition most evident. During that period seats in the Library are at a premium, and the Librarian has been forced to make the rule that all students who are not using reference books be barred from the room at that period. This forces those who wish to write or study their textbooks to use vacant classrooms, where order is not controlled nor proper facilities for such work made.

We realize that the condition is present only because the University is unable to do better for the students at this time, but we hope it will be possible to relieve it in the very near future. Possibly an extension to the Library, even if only temporary, could be arranged, even if only in the form of a classroom with an assistant librarian in charge. One solution for a portion of the problem would be for some of the students to use the fine Law School Library during this period. We only hope that something can be done, done quickly, to alleviate a condition that is very bad.

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Photographic Credit: Hatchet Special Edition, 1931
Author or Source: Hatchet, November 24, 1926
Document Location: University Archives
Date Added to Encyclopedia: January 26, 2007
Prepared by: Lyle Slovick, Assistant University Archivist

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