Huntington College - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Huntington, IN)

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It was not until 1958 that the book shelves were moved from tht- reading room into what now are English room and offices. This made possible more efficient service to the students and teachers. and relieved the librarian of routine work which could be turned over to a student assistant. Did you know that once, a very long time ago, these rooms were the laboratory in which several classes of domestic science were taught? Moving into these rooms not only made a more convenient place in which students could study. but also made the atmosphere much more conducive to study than the cramped quarters of the room on the first Hoot. Better lighting and increased table space encouraged the daily use of the library for study by a larger number of students. By 1939 the number of volumes had increased to 15.600, and the results of a city-wide canvass, first begun in 1936, afforded 11,300 additional volumes to the library that year. Now. we proudly boast 16,870 volumes in our library, plus many bound magazines and govern- ment documents. Also, there are two library committees, a student committee and a faculty committee. which aid in the selection of books to be added to the library. In a report submitted by Librarian Mrs. Margaret M, Cook jones. in the spring of 1941, a request was made for a new library building. due to the fact that the existing facilities were being rapidly outgrown. At the suggestion of Dr. Elmer Becker, President of Huntington Col- lege, to the late Dr. F. A. Loew. then President of the Alumni Associ- ation, the organization undertook this as 21 project. The cornerstone of the proposed building was laid in 1947, and work was begun on the new project. Library in Business Office and Public Relations Room f

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, Y Xl' il 2 lapel' is 'g' ,3-' A I Library rn Room I9 4 The Loew-Alumni Library, which is the most recent building project of our campus had its beginning back in the early days of the college. Known previously as Central College, the college had its first semblance of a library in Room 19 of the Administration Building, or what is now known as the education room. However, due to the limited area of the library, the books and other materials were moved into the large room occupied now by the Public Relations Personnel and the Business OHice. Around 1915, according to records available concerning the library at this time, there were approximately llO0 volumes in the entire library. ln the summer of 1935 the contents of the library were once again moved, this time into the rooms which are now Seminary class- rooms. This one large room served the purpose of a combined peri- odical, reference, reserve, and reading room.

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By the spring of 1948, however, the work on the library was dis- continued, necessitated by the fact that the project was being financed on a cash basis, and the reserve sup- ply had been exhausted. Hence, for a period of about three years Huntington College students viewed a structure which everyone declared would be a li- brary someday, but which bore little or no resemblance to the promised building. Then, in November of 1951, the campus became once again a bee- hive for the contractors, and work on the library was resumed. And, as this goes to press, we are able to Library on Second Floor of College Hall