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...Lamont Library should stay open longer "on a trial basis" during this year's final examination period, the freshman Union Committee recommended Monday...
...Lamont Librarian Philip J. McNiff and Dean of Freshmen F. Skiddy von Stade, Jr. '38 both expressed doubt that freshmen would really use extended study time, and cited the inadequate use which last year's freshman class gave to a special study hall set up in the basement of Memorial Church last spring...
...approximately 500 Yardlings who replied to the Union Committee poll, more than 360 said they would study in Lamont if it were open on Sundays. In addition, more than 100 said they would use the library from 10 p.m. to midnight each weekday...
...Lamont could prevent much of this practice by charging twice the replacement value for each missing book. But because a double charge would penalize unfairly those students who have actually lost a volume, it should be modified. Any student reporting a book missing within two days after the book is due should pay only the replacement value. Such a plan would prevent most abuses and achieve the only real purpose of library fines--getting books back into circulation...
...budget is now undecided, pending a conference with Dudley and Apley tutors and members of the staff of Lamont Library. Whitlock expects no definite action until "some time in April, when the House and dormitory budgets will...