Word: accessible
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Neither Widener nor the Music Department is to blame for the present chaos. Slowly, as the tutorial system, the reading period, and the general examination were instituted, it has become increasingly necessary for students to have ready access to a wide selection of music. Furthermore, a piano is indispensable to students who are not adopt enough to hear a whole score by glancing at the printed page...
...Paine Hall is the obvious solution to the whole problem. It can be very easily converted into a reading room, and lined with shelves. The music library now in Widener should be transferred there; and the basement could be used to store the overflow, as there is direct access by a small staircase. No less important is a permanent librarian who knows music, to replace the present one on part time. Any solution takes money, but this proposal is relatively inexpensive, and would give a new lease of life to the Music Department...
...result of this, the arms embargo is now lifted from Bolivia but maintained on Paraguay. What will be the result? These South American belligerents have shown themselves capable of sustained if not always active warfare. Six months of unrestricted access to military supplies may well resuscitate Bolivia. If so, we will find that the League has not only lost another member but has inadvertently aided in prolonging the hostilities...
...curator also announced that henceforth the Room would be open daily, except Sundays, from 10 to 12 o'clock, as well as from 2 to 5. Students may have free access to the Room's famous collection of manuscripts and letters...
...affairs largely from the columns of his daily newspaper. What assurance is there that these columns portray the truth? In fully half the countries of the globe, the news was probably gathered by local news agencies (governmentally-controlled) and turned over to the American press representative. He also has access, in some cases, to an official press bureau of the government, and to a government-inspired or-controlled local press. What material he assembles perhaps then must run the gauntlet of a more or less stringent censorship, and be transmitted over cable and radio facilities also nationally controlled. Nearly every...