Word: accession
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...proposes to have erected a new Fine Arts building provided for by the Fogg legacy. A communication between the Fine Arts building and the reading room of the library would throw open the art collections to men using the library, and also give students of the Fine Arts convenient access simultaneously to books on art and to the works of art themselves. No scheme could be more advantageous to the Fine Arts department, especially, as in the carrying out of this scheme, Gore Hall one of the pet architectural aversions of the Fine Arts department, would be removed from sight...
...pressure in Gore Hall by throwing open to shelf room what is now used for the reading room. This might serve to solve the question of the Library with less expense than the proposed scheme but then, of course, it would leave the Fine Arts department without its convenient access to the Library...
...humiliating that every year something has to be said about the abuse of library privileges. The students are allowed such freedom in access to the different libraries, are put so much upon their honor in the use of the opportunities offered by the college, that it is unaccountable that men can be found who will still deliberately violate the confidence reposed in them. It is the new history library in Harvard that is the chief sufferer so far this year. One of the strictest rules of the departmental libraries is that books shall not be taken from the rooms...
...scheme appeals in every way to Harvard men. There is little doubt that if carried out it will enrich art by discoveries of statues, carvings, and inscriptions. It will greatly increase our knowledge of Grecian architecture and antiquities by giving us access to Delphi, perhaps the most promising site in Greece for this purpose. The excavations will be carried on under charge of the American school at Athens with which Harvard, more than any other college, is identified through Professor Goodwin, Professor Allen, Professor White, Professor Norton, and other founders and benefactors. Several other colleges have already contributed toward...
...this year, and next year it will be open to juniors and seniors and to a few more men perhaps, if it can be so arranged. The text book to be used is Richter's Manual of Harmony. A special feature in this course will be the opportunities for access to the musical books in the university library, many of which are very rare. About forty men have already expressed their desire to elect the course...