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Already it has in operation large shipping stations at two Atlantic ports of embarkation. To these stations books will be shipped from public libraries in all sections of the country for transportation overseas. Asa Don Dickinson is in charge of one of these shipping stations, while William H. Brett, of Cleveland, is in charge of the other. Representing the American Library Association in France is Dr. M. L. Raney, librarian of Johns Hopkins University, to oversee the handling and prompt distribution of the books when they arrive...
Summer instruction has been offered at Harvard for forty-five years, a longer period than at any university in this country. It began in a summer course in botany, organized in 1871 by Professor Asa Gray, which was soon followed by courses in biology, chemistry, and geology. The gradual enlargement of these courses into the Summer School of Arts and Sciences was the work of Professor Shaler. The summer school was primarily established in order to provide University instruction for teachers, but has come also to be used as a means to finish college work in three years...
...first stage in reconstruction was the Kidder Wing, given in 1910 by Nathaniel T. Kidder '82, a member of the visiting committee. This is used to house the indexed specimens of flowering plants and ferns. In 1911 the old Asa Gray House, which adjoined the central building, was moved across Garden street to make room for a library wing given anonymously, but last year, upon the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation, Dr. George G. Kennedy '64 consented to the public announcement of the donor. About the same time that the library wing was begun, construction of the right wing, better...
...large central portion, remains in its original form. Through generous gifts from several patrons, funds are now available for the reconstruction of this section. The work on the Herbarium has consisted of remodeling and considerably enlarging the previous structure along the lines of modern fire-proof construction. Dr. Asa Gray bequeathed his valuable collection of botanical specimens on the condition that it be kept in a building free from danger of fire...
...original building was put up in 1864 to house the collection and library of Asa Gray h.'44. It eventually proved, however, inadequate for the purpose, and presented a great danger of fire with the consequent loss of its valuable contests. The reconstruction was begun in 1910, when N. T. Kidder '82 gave $11,000 for the erection of a wing to contain a portion of the plant specimens, which now number 485,000 sheets. The following year, an anonymous donation of $25,000 was used for the purpose of building the southwest wing to provide for the library...