Word: librarian
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first time since the war the Memorial Society of the University will hold tonight their annual dinner at 7 o'clock in the Trophy Room of the Union. W. C. Lane '81, Librarian of Widener Library and President of the Society, will preside at the meeting and speak on the work of the society during...
...usually appropriate it from the shelves of Widener two days before the hour examination and browse through it. When the examination has passed the book reappears. Common considerations of honesty and fair play do not deter these people; they brave the fear of discovery and the wrath of the librarian in their omnivorous search for knowledge. To call these people schoolboys is to understate the case; a schoolboy sometimes doesn't know any better...
...died in France in August, 1917, the University Library now possesses the largest and most comprehensive collection of material relating to the history of the American and English stage, now in existence. The foundation of this collection was made by Robert G. Shaw '69, who is still acting as librarian of the Theatre Collection...
...Library Committee has also been appointed, consisting of: Professor G. H. Chase '96, Chairman, Professor C. T. Copeland '82, M. E. Lowell 1G., Librarian, and L. T. Lanman '20. This committee will meet within a few days-to determine the general policy in buying books and periodicals. The Union Library is in exceptionally good condition this year, 200 news books having recently been added, while the 150 Harvard writers of war books are expected to contribute their works. There are on file newspapers from all of the important cities in the United States, and, in addition, arrangements have been made...
Those who have sent in their names in the last two days include a bookseller, a cranberry grower, a librarian, a machinist, and a retired business man. There are numerous stenographers, clerks, lawyers, social workers, and nurses. The list includes a woman telegrapher and a real estate broker; a writer and an electrical tester; a salesman and a reporter; a hotel housekeeper and at least one "wife and mother." Teachers, of course, are in the majority. The students include graduates of Harvard and numerous other colleges...