Word: collection
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trail of the reasons for point 3. They are certainly not ready for bed at ten o'clock. But when the lights go out in Widener they must either break the thread of their work until next day, wasting a valuable hour or two of the evening, or collect their books and chattels, sign slips for as many volumes as possible, and carry them to their rooms, where peace and quiet and convenient surroundings are not likely to be found. Roommates and friends are not an unalloyed blessing...
...endeavor is made to collect books, not for their rarity but for their usability. Books dealing with principles, such as Dunbar's "History of Banking" and Bragehot's "Lombard Street" are especially useful for they are applicable year after year. Standard textbooks on business, problem books by members of the Faculty, and similar publications are frequently added to the collection. The rapidity of business changes and the constant stream of new developments, however, soon make many of these volumes out of date for the inquirer who is making any intensive study of some phases of business...
...addition to the change from the Union to Memorial Hall this year's dance will break another precedent in that the furniture to be used will not be the property of the individual students but it will be rented. Since 1918 it has been customary to collect furniture on the day of the dance and to allow Juniors to have their own softs and lounge chairs in their boxes. This year, however, due to the small size of the boxes and the necessity of serving meals at Memorial on the day of the dance, the committee has found it necessary...
...class in January have been returned. Men who have lost their blanks may obtain new ones at Leavitt and Peirce's this morning. It is the desire of the College to preserve, as far as possible, the personal records of all University men, and these blanks are intended to collect that data. 1923 Class Committee
...program of France suicidal, as Professor Young states it, because, instead of accepting a plan which gives the opportunity of raising the maximum reparations payments after a long period of time, she prefers another by which she hopes to collect something immediately if it works well...