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...memorial painting which completes the furnishing of the Farnsworth room of the Library has been put in place during the vacation. The room, which to the gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Farnsworth of Boston as a memorial to their son, Henry Weston Farnsworth '12, who, as a member of the Foreign Legion, was killed in action at Bois Sabot, September 28, 1915, during the battle of Champagne, was dedicated and opened on December 5, 1916, but has waited until now for this painting to be placed in the panel designed for it in the carved Georgian mantel...
...fact not know to many of the members of the Union is that smoking is permitted in the library, a privilege not granted anywhere else in the University libraries, not even in the Farnsworth Room. Comfortable chairs are provided, and the whole atmosphere is restful and inviting...
During the spring recess, the Widener Library will be open as usual in all departments except the Lower Reading Room, which will be closed. The general Reading Room, the Delivery Room, and the Farnsworth Room will be open at the usual hours. In closing-the Lower Reading Room this vacation the authorities have departed from the previous custom of keeping all departments open...
...Patriot's Day, Monday, April 19, all departments of the Library will be closed, except the general Reading Room and the Farnsworth Room, which will be open at the usual hours...
...that a modern University helps little in forming this valuable friendship. Upper Widener is hardly the place for an old pipe and a good book; even the Farnsworth Room in spite of its delightful and charming atmosphere falls short of the ideal. These are places for industrious study or profitable reading but not for "just reading...