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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Finally and perhaps most important of all is the splendid "Madonna and Child" by Fra Filippo Lippi, which has been sent up from New York as a loan, for a few days only. Dr. Osvald Siren, now visiting lecturer at Harvard, has made a study of this picture and says of it: "The Fra Filippo now on exhibition in the Fogg Museum is one of the master's most interesting works. It is of unusual artistic charm and historical importance. There are, as we know, only two paintings by this master in American collections. The one is the picture formerly...
Every dormitory will be canvassed today in the semi-annual collection of old text-books for the benefit of the Phillips Brooks House loan library. Students are requested to look over their libraries and lay aside for the collection any books for which they will have no further need. It is desired especially to obtain books which are used in History 1, Economics A, Government 1, English A, and other large courses, though any books which would be of use to college men will be welcome. The library is entirely dependent on volunteer contributions...
Tomorrow the text-book loan library of Phillips Brooks House will make a collection of old books, to be used by students who cannot afford to buy all the volumes they need. There is hardly a man in the University who has not some books which in days past have caused him trouble, but which might well do some other man good. He can at once rid himself of the reminders of bygone distress and contribute to the education of coming generations by enlarging the Brooks House collection. He can, it is true, wait until the end of the year...
...semi-annual collection of text- books for the benefit of the Phillips Brooks House loan library will be taken up tomorrow. Students will be requested to give whatever books they no longer need, since the library is supported solely by voluntary contributions. Any books will be welcomed, but it is especially desired to obtain books which are used in the larger courses, as these are most in demand...
...shelves of the loan library are located on the top floor of Phillips Brooks House. It is used by nearly 300 students every year; books are loaned at 10 cents per year, 5 cents of which is refunded upon return of the book. At present the library totals well over 3,000 volumes. The office hours of the librarian are from 12 to 1 o'clock on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays...