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Now was his chance, and not even noticing as his bookmark fell to the ground, he shut his text firmly and got ready to rest at one of the shelves and began searching. Surprised, Lucius stopped counting.

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: The Silent Generation | 5/27/1959 | See Source »

For People, Change. Entrance is up a winding ramp. Windows, to be filled with curving panes of Plexiglas, come wherever they naturally fall, between the ribs of the construction. Floors curve into walls and walls into ceilings, with no inter ruption and no corners. Designed for shoeless clambering, the interior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Tough Prophet | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

The Talking Horse. Behind the hand that holds the gun is, of course, the hand that strokes the typewriter, and television scriptwriters are frantically trying to find new packages for one of the oldest staples on the shelves of U.S. show business. The new horse operas are generically known as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERNS: The Six-Gun Galahad | 3/30/1959 | See Source »

Originally, the Annex had visions of a completely "free" library, with reserve books left on open shelves and students left on their honor to use these books briefly and in specified places. However, as is frequently true, the 'Cliffie soon discovered that what works well in theory fails in practice...

Author: By Mary ELLEN Gale, | Title: Keys to 'Cliffe Dorms Unlock Secret of Honor System Ethos | 3/18/1959 | See Source »

In a small room deep in the stacks, the books from Longfellow's personal library line the shelves. The Longfellow papers have already been catalogued, and the letters written to him are now being arranged. The books on the walls are drab and faded; on the fly-leaf of a...

Author: By Peter E. Quint, | Title: Houghton Collection Provides Treasure Trove for Scholars | 2/12/1959 | See Source »

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