Word: gores
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years Mr. Lane has been the University librarian. When he was first appointed to the position in 1898, the library was in the old Gore Hall which stood on the site of the present Widener Library. The total number of volumes over which Mr. Lane then had charge was some 200,000. Under his supervision the library has grown to its present size, containing at present about 2,500,000 volumes and ranking as the third largest collection in the United States, being surpassed only by the Congressional Library at Washington, and the New York Public Library...
...when the old Gore Hall was being torn down and Widener being erected, Mr. Lane had the task of personally supervising the storing and transferring of the volumes during the operations. He had to know where each volume was all the time in order that the books might be used as much as possible even while in storage...
...applications for tickets may be made either to Gore Hall E-31 or George Smith...
High jump Won C. A. Snelling '31, Smith Hall, 5 ft. 3 in.: second, William McKennan '31, Gore Hall, 4 ft. 10 in.: third tie between Moore, Gore Hall, and W. R. Wilson '31, Gore Hall...
Pole vault--Won by P. A. Tolman '31, Smith Hall, 9 ft. 6 in.: second, a tie between McKennan, Gore Hall, T. O. Frasier '81, Smith Hall, and L.N. Grimes '81, Sheppard Hall...