University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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The New Library THE University of Kansas will have a new library within a comparatively short time, marking a new step in the efforts of the University authorities to put K. U. at the front. The new building is designed in collegiate gothic style of architecture, the walls being faced with Indiana limestone. The construction is fireproof. Floors will be of cement, those in the reading and study rooms being coveied with battleship linoleum. The sub-basement will contain unpacking and work rooms; the basement will contain a large study hall, 40 by 118 feet and the first floor will contain two study rooms, one 38 by 61 feet and the other 37 by 38 feet; a work room 23 by 80 feet; a reserve stack room 18 by 36 feet. The .second floor will contain a large main reading room, 38 by 140 feet with a 32-foot high ceiling. This room will be lighted by the great gothic windows each 8 by 19 feet. At night the illumination will be by means of indirect lighting placed in the top of the book cases along each side of the room, the light being thrown against the ceiling by X-Ray reflectors. The main delivery desk will be on this floor. When this building is completed it will be one of the most beautiful buildings located on the campus. The one hundred and forty thousand volumes now housed in Spooner Library will then be moved to the new building and Spooner will be remodelled to house the Thayer art collection. Page II