Word: periodicity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...plan adopted this year by the Fogg Reading Room should be perfectly workable in Widener. A system under which the Museum Library was closed Sunday, and books could be obtained only for the Saturday-to-Monday period, has been replaced; at present the Reading Room is open Sunday; and, more important, books must be returned at that time on-week-ends preceding examinations. There is no reason why the extension of this requirement to Widener should work a hardship on any students; certainly it would be of benefit to most...
There were 1633 books altogether in June, 1928, during the two year period ending last spring, 120 books have been lost. Of the separate departments, Government has lost 50, Economics has lost 45, and 25 have disappeared from the collection of History books. In one instance, out of a set of ten books, seven were found to be missing after a year. All of these have had to be replaced...
...experiences calls for comment. By its very nature, the library is a credit institution. The success of such an institution depends to an infinite extent upon the efficiency and accuracy of its clerical system. It would be difficult to picture a bank which extends indefinite credit for an indefinite period to unidentified, borrowers. Yet the many volumes in Widener Library are circulated with a recklessness and irresponsibility that surpasses the absurdities of wildcat finance...
After the squad has seen several weeks of practice in the Garden Coach Stubbs plans to arrange a regular period for the second team which has there to fore been given no adequate coaching attention. The University squad has never used all the time available and this year it is planned to give them a definite schedule for practice. The present arrangements with the Garden management call for three full afternoons work throughout the season...
...Pope: work of early and middle period." Professor Huribut, Emerson...