Word: sibley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President Hill, Dr. Jared Sparks, William M. Evarts (who represented Yale College), George Bancroft, Dr. Bellows, Dr. Willard Parker, Joseph H. Choate, J.L. Sibley (Librarian of Cambridge), Rev. E.E. Hale, and Young Lawrence (hero of Fort Fisher), made speeches of great interest and variety, and an original poem by Dr. O.W. Holmes was read...
...JOHN A. SIBLEY...
...tightening the screws far too close. In some areas of the consumer-credit picture there are undoubtedly abuses. But the Fed is behaving like a schoolteacher who punishes the whole class because two to three children are bad." Says Trust Co. of Georgia Board Chairman John A. Sibley: "When money is scarce, it's the little man who suffers...
...librarian, Mr. Sibley, bought up great quantities of books with the extra cash. Although Sibley, called the "guarding genius of the library," aimed to please distinguished men like Longfellow and Lowell who frequented Gore, he disliked students who "couldn't tell a book from a ball." Walking about "with a light tread and quick movement for a heavy man," he guarded his growing collection well, admonishing readers about doubling over pages and careless turning of the leaves...
...Sibley soon had filled the library with his purchases. After President Eliot announced in 1877 that, "The want of space in Gore Hall is a more and more oppressing evil," the building got its first renovation and a new librarian, Mr. Justin Winsor, as well. He revolutionized the library by installing stacks, the first in America, and starting a more frugal and practical policy of book purchasing...