Word: readingroom
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Last year several members of the University, recognizing the great need of philanthropic work among sailors, decided to open on T Wharf a readingroom where sailors while in the harbor could come for rest and amusement. A sail-loft at the extreme end of the wharf was secured and fitted up with a piano, periodicals and games. Through the solicitation of Mr. Birtwell, director of the student Volunteer Committee, the Boston Port Society agreed to pay room rent and janitor hire...
...Library is open on week-days for the delivery of books from 9 a. m. till 5.30 p. m. The Readingroom is open from 9 a. m. till 10 p. m.; Sundays from 1 till 5 p. m. The use of reserved and reference books will be confined hereafter to the Readingroom, since the necessity for letting them go out over night has ceased with the lengthened hours during which the Reading-room is open...
...university is unwilling to make public the cost of the following buildings, several of which were built by private subscription: The Readingroom, 1819; the Treasury, 1832; the Art school, 1866; the Bacon Memorial library, 1881; the Bacon Memorial library, 1881; the Observatory, 1882; and Dwight hall, 1886. The total value is near...