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From the rear of the entrance hall, a monumental staircase leads to the second floor which contains the main reading room. This room, accommodating 336 readers, is 192 feet by 40 feet and extends 43 feet to the roof. The flooring is of cork, and not only enables quiet walking, but is also very comfortable to the feet. The government, history, and economics reading rooms, which will contain most of the collections now in the history room in Harvard Hall, is on the ground floor...
Most libraries have some inevitable drawbacks. The shelves are inaccessible, and they contain much matter of only historical or specialized interest. The Union Library, however, offers every possible convenience and comfort. Its shelves, which are freely accessible, contain a generous collection of carefully chosen books. There are ample reference works, a large number of the best books of English fiction, essays, and poetry, and a considerable representation of German, French, Italian, and classical literatures. Art, music, the social sciences are also well represented; and not the least attractive are the books of biography and history, both ancient and modern, which...
...last edition of the Official Guide was published in 1908. The new edition will be brought up to date, including descriptions of buildings erected in the last seven years, as the Widener Library, the new Chemistry Laboratory, the Cruft Laboratory and the new gates. It will also contain the Technology agreement and other information concerning the history of the University...
Nevertheless, the book will contain a directory of students and officers in the University for 1915-16. As the Register will be published before the issuance of the official directory, this fact should increase its value. Except for the directory, the whole book will be made up this spring before College closes. It is planned to include more pictures than in the past...
...text is to contain subject matter that would be clear to the candidate in English version, without reference to the rest of the text...