Word: petry
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Student Council Library Committee, headed by Thomas E. Petri '62, originally made the proposal to the University Library Committee last year along with five others which were all accepted...
...Council committee, which is now looking for possible solutions to the problem, may consider ozone machines, which are used in bakeries to clear the air, Petri remarked. But they will consider other suggestions as well, before taking any definite action...
...odor originally came to the attention of Library officials because of a Student Council committee report which proposed that the filtering of the air in the library should be improved to clear the musty atmosphere. Library officials were "very sympathetic." Thomas E. Petri '62 observed, and contacted the Department of Buildings and Grounds for an immediate study on the Library's air flow...
According to Petri, the odor is most noticeable on wet, rainy days, and is especially bad on the top floors, where heat rises. Smoke from cigarettes is not a factor in the smell, he said, but bare feet are a possible cause...
Also included in the Council committee's report on libraries was a proposal to lengthen hours in Widener from 10 till 12 o'clock at night. Reactions to this proposal were generally unfavorable, however, Petri noted, because officials in Widener had stated that no extra people could be found to staff the library for the two extra hours...