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...aroused; snatching idle moments through the day to study for a full course in Harvard College often seemed a hopeless exercise. Certain hours became more popular than others, often the room was overcrowded and the listening time seemed restrictive. With a music library promised for Autmun, and a Lamont record collection at least projected, it now seems propitious to reconsider ways of allowing students to make a realistic survey of Music I's assignments...
Another suggestion involves a complete supplementary library of assignments held on reserve in Lamont. This collection, Librarian Philip J. McNiff understandably feels, would be the responsibility and the expense of the Music Department itself. If Lamont did establish a Music I record library, it would provide freshmen with their first opportunity to borrow College records for private use. House libraries are useful for Music I only in varying degrees, depending on the whim of library committees...
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...Fund's most important achievements was made through its most atypical action. In 1946, Thomas W. Lamont '92 gave the College $1,500,000 for the construction of a new library to supplement the inadequate Widener undergraduate facilities. With costs rising after the war, this sum was not nearly enough, and the Harvard Fund was asked if it would devote its next few drives to matching Lamont's figure...
...Divinity School campaign, which netted $1,200,000 toward endowment, caused most of the donation increase this quarter. The top gifts toward this drive were $500,000 from the Sealantic Fund and $251,774 from the estate of Florence C. Lamont...