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...present, commuters have only the facilities of Lamont Library. Whitlock explained that the rule of permitting students to check books out of Lamont early on weekends has greatly helped the commuters this year. But, he added, Dudley House members have had to wait around until 9 p.m. on other nights to check out reserve books...
...Lamont officials will supervise the Dudley library, which will be under the immediate direction of a student librarian...
...Corporation had reached its final decision by Monday night. The next morning, the headlines claimed, "Corporation Withholds its Permission for Browder Speech." Again the Reed Society countered with a move calculated to draw mass support. A protest meeting was called for Wednesday night, and Corliss Lamont '24, a noted socialist, was listed as a speaker. Tempers flared as Lamont compared Harvard to a "one horse mid-western college." Trotskyite Richard Pitts, President of the Harvard Socialist League, heckled the speaker. The meeting continued in confusion, with Lamont's defense of socialism drawing hisses from the audience...
After pointing out that the HSMR, and not Lamont, is responsible for the display in the library, Mr. Beck turns to the basic issues in the editorial which cannot be termed "errors...
...axiom: "A book like this has a place in the library." This is hardly inconsistent with past policy or a suggestion that only approved books be made available. Rather, the editorial and Mr. Beck's answer point up the difference between an historical display and the recent collection at Lamont. If the books had been chosen with the idea of illustrating trends in Negro thought, an entirely different presentation was necessary. The books, with explanations of what they represent, should then be fitted into an historical pattern. In this way, the Ford book could be judged in proper perspective...