Word: porritt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...library's new location is also expected to bring change in student study patterns. For one thing, the Center will probably stay open until midnight, since late long walks back to the dorms will no longer be a problem. Ruth K. Porritt, Radcliffe Librarian, expects that the added distance will discourage many graduate students who now study in Radcliffe Library from using the new Study Center. At the same time, she predicts that the number of study dates will increase. Mrs. Bunting expects that the Center's proximity to the dorms will also bring many more girls back home...
...four administration members voting are President Bunting: Miss Mary H. Winslow, director of residence; Miss Ruth K. Porritt, Radcliffe librarian; and David H. Evett, RGA parliamentarian...
Miss Ruth K. Porritt, Radcliffe librarian, expressed no preferences about having boys in the library. "We want to do what pleases the girls," she said. "If you are a girl and a boy is in the room," she concluded sympathetically, "you can't relax and put your feet on the table...
...Ruth K. Porritt, Radcliffe librarian, said, "We aren't so stupid that we didn't know girls were checking out reserve books for their boy friends." She explained that the entire procedure was "legalized" so the library knows where the books are at all times. In the past, boys have failed to return reserve books borrowed by 'Cliffie friends on time, causing acute discomfort for their 'Cliffie friends...
...library does not anticipate a substantial amount of additional borrowing. However, Miss Porritt said if there is a "run on the library and girls lose books to boys," limited reserve lending would again be considered...