Word: sit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...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 one room of the two. The entire...
...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 in active periods; and finally, the center of activity would be moved away from the reference desks, thereby aiding those intent on consulting the various assistants...
...Cross is taking an interest in the safety campaign, inaugurated by Charles M. Dole of New York, president of the newly-formed National Ski Patrol Dr. L. M. Thompson of the Washington headquarters will sit in at the convention of the National Ski Association at Milwaukee today. He is scheduled to report on nationally organized skiing safety plans...
Charging that Dartmouth fraternities have a monopoly of college sculpture, the group plans to turn the Drive into another Appian Way. Radcliffe girls are invited to sit as consultants and models. "Snow sculpture," said Freedman, "is a splendid way for members of the Houses to show that they have a sense of social significance...
Although most of his covering received in last week-end's storm has now disappeared of its own volition, in future something should be done right away about John Harvard. He shouldn't be allowed to sit out there in front of University Hall covered with snow...