Word: lamonts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During the past term discussion of the Lamont extra-hours problem has at times seemed as insistent as the buzzing of the library's fluorescent lights. And usually the attempts to solve the study problem have been as futile as pleas for quieting the lights. It is with particular delight, then, that we note Mr. McNiff's latest statements. He has recognized the clear necessity of lengthened study arrangements during exam periods and he has indicated that the library will continue some sort of extension this spring. But the need for extra hours does not mean that the library should...
Lamon't figure conclusively show that students used the extra time on Sundays. At 3 p. m. on Sunday, January 23 there were 468 students in Lamont, more than half of the peak total for a single day in the examination period. The various House libraries could not have handled those studying at Lamont on Sundays, for they were also full on Sunday afternoons. Thirty-seven Winthrop House students, for instance, were occupied in their library, which has an estimated "comfortable capacity" of 35, on the 23rd...
...Lamont Library will probably repeat its mid-year experiment in extended library hours during the spring reading and examination period, Philip J. McNiff, director of Lamont, indicated yesterday...
...Lamont maintained a similar project last spring which ran for five weeks instead of the three this year. McNiff estimated the recent program cost $400 less than the $1600 of last spring...
...report to the Council, Reynolds said crowding in College dorms makes it difficult for many people to study during exams, that the House libraries are insufficient to provide for the large pre-exam rush, and that Lamont provides necessary course material be a much greater extent than the Houses...