Word: roome
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Minister Chamberlain got a 345-to-138 vote of confidence from the Commons after outlining his revised foreign policy as follows. Britain must be prepared to accept almost unlimited extension of Germany's influence in East Europe, Japan's in East Asia. But, just as "there is room both for Germany and ourselves in the trade" with East Europe, there was room for Britain and Japan in China. "China," said the Businessman Prime Minister, "cannot be developed into a real market without the influx of a great deal of capital, and the fact that so much capital...
...second and major suggestion for the improvement of service in Widener Library entails a certain amount of architectural adjustment. At the present time the cramped space of the Delivery Room and the small size of the delivery desk result in an inordinate amount of confusion and delay; there is rarely enough room to sit down, and the crowds that mill around the desk interfere with those who are trying either to file slips or withdraw books. These present difficulties could be eliminated by breaking down the wall between the present Bibliographical Reference Room and the Delivery Working Room, making...
These shifts would provide an enlarged room with not only ample space in the front half to install benches for as many as thirty weary students, but also space in the rear half for the files, shelves and other paraphernalia necessary for the operation of the delivery system. Such a remodeling would have many beneficial results: a larger delivery desk would speed up operations during rush hours; moving the delivery desk nearer the stacks would permit an additional increase in speed; students would have a great deal more space to sit down, which would decrease the confusion now prevalent...
Nevertheless, before the suggested remodeling can be effected, funds must be acquired to finance the project and space must be found to store the books now located in the Bibliographical Reference Room. There is no reason why the University's unrestricted funds could not be used for this purpose, since the sum required would be less than three per cent of the money already provided to make up the annual Library deficit. The question of space is a more serious problem, but the ultimate solution lies in the re-allocation of shelves in the General Reading Room and the removal...
...still several improvements which would serve even further to increase the efficiency of the Library. Among these, two should be immediate; first, the erection of a chute by which books might be returned, and second, the breaking down of an entire wall to furnish additional space in the Delivery Room...