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...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 unopposed were Charles M. War-'63, Leverett; David Schwartx '63, Lowell; Thomas E. Petri '62, Quincy; J. Minihan '63, Quincy; Thomas E. '63, Winthrop; and Zachary Fisk Winthrop...
...presenting the resolution to the Council last night, Thomas E. Petri '62, chairman of the Committee, noted that it was the only one of six proposals advocated by the Council last year that was not put into effect. He added that a poll taken last year showed the student body to be very heavily in favor of the move...
Figures showed, Petri declared, that the present system of a three-hour allowance of reserve books used inside Lamont, instituted last year as a result of a Council recommendation, has worked very well. Almost 100 per cent of the books now borrowed are returned on time; and there is no reason to assume that books taken out of the library would not be created in the same manner, Petri concluded...