Word: spaces
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...need a small amount of your space in which to reply to TIME'S review of my collection of short stories entitled The Trouble With Tigers [TIME...
Jaakko calls for some slight revision of the topography of the room it is played in. This consists of piling all the furniture, radio, rugs, and room-mates in one isolated corner of the room, leaving ample space for the rest of the boys to romp. The pastime is reported to have derived its name from the sound a contestant makes when his midriff is mistaken for the tennis ball...
...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...